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Vocalization

noun

The sound made by the vibration of vocal folds modified by the resonance of the vocal tract. Synonyms: phonation, vocalisation, vocalism, voice, vox. "The giraffe cannot make any vocalizations"

The use of uttered sounds for auditory communication. Synonym: utterance.

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... and turning to his class, he exclaimed with a very superior smile: "Now, ladies and gentlemen, 'ere is a scientific gentleman who thinks it is 'arder to sing of 'igh mountings than it is to sing of low mountings," and forthwith the class began to demonstrate that in respect to vocalization there was no difference ...

— Twelve Men • Theodore Dreiser

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