vocalization

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

vocalization
    n 1: the sound made by the vibration of vocal folds modified by
         the resonance of the vocal tract; "a singer takes good care
         of his voice"; "the giraffe cannot make any vocalizations"
         [syn: {voice}, {vocalization}, {vocalisation}, {vocalism},
         {phonation}, {vox}]
    2: the use of uttered sounds for auditory communication [syn:
       {utterance}, {vocalization}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Vocalization \Vo`cal*i*za"tion\, n.
   1. The act of vocalizing, or the state of being vocalized.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. The formation and utterance of vocal sounds.
      [1913 Webster]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

41 Moby Thesaurus words for "vocalization":
      articulation, attack, bel canto, bravura, choral singing,
      coloratura, croon, crooning, delivery, diction, enunciation,
      folk singing, hum, humming, intonation, lyricism, mouth, mouthing,
      operatic singing, phonation, pronunciation, scat, scat singing,
      singing, sol-fa, sol-fa exercise, solfeggio, solmization, song,
      sounding, speaking, speech, tonic sol-fa, utterance, verbalization,
      vocal music, voice, voicing, warbling, yodel, yodeling

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