vocal.html - adj. & n.
--adj.

1 of or concerned with or uttered by the voice (a vocal communication).
2 expressing one's feelings freely in speech (was very vocal about his rights).
3 Phonet. voiced.
4 poet. (of trees, water, etc.) endowed with a voice or a similar faculty.
5 (of music) written for or produced by the voice with or without accompaniment (cf. INSTRUMENTAL).

--n.

1 (in sing. or pl.) the sung part of a musical composition.
2 a musical performance with singing.

vocal cords folds of the lining membrane of the larynx near the opening of the glottis, with edges vibrating in the air-stream to produce the voice. vocal score a musical score showing the voice parts in full.

vocality n. vocally adv. [ME f. L vocalis (as VOICE)]

vocal.html - adj.
of or consisting of a vowel or vowels.

vocal.html - n.
1 the use of the voice in speaking or singing.
2 a vowel sound or system.

vocal.html - n.
a singer, esp. of jazz or popular songs.

vocal.html - v.
(also -ise)
1 tr. a form (a sound) or utter (a word) with the voice. b make sonant (f is vocalized into v).
2 intr. utter a vocal sound.
3 tr. write (Hebrew etc.) with vowel points.
4 intr. Mus. sing with several notes to one vowel.

vocalization n. vocalizer n.

vocal.html - n.
a word, esp. with reference to form rather than meaning. [F vocable or L vocabulum f. vocare call]