windpipe

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈwɪndpaɪp/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈwɪndˌpaɪp/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(wind′pīp′)


WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
wind•pipe /ˈwɪndˌpaɪp/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. Anatomy, Zoologythe tube through which air passes from the throat to the lungs.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
wind•pipe  (wind′pīp′),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Anatomy, Zoologythe trachea of an air-breathing vertebrate.
  • wind1 + pipe1 1520–30

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
windpipe / ˈwɪndˌpaɪp/
  1. a nontechnical name for trachea1
    Related adjective(s): tracheal
'windpipe' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Heimlich maneuver - Japanese stranglehold - arterio- - artery - bronchia - bronchus - choke - chokehold - strangle - stranglehold - throttle - trachea - weasand - wrong

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