the mental faculty or power of vocal communication | the flap of material under the laces of a shoe or boot |
the cognitive processes involved in producing and understanding linguistic communication | metal striker that hangs inside a bell and makes a sound by hitting the side |
a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols | a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity |
(language) communication by word of mouth | a human written or spoken language used by a community; opposed to e.g. a computer language |
the text of a popular song or musical-comedy number | a manner of speaking |
a system of words used to name things in a particular discipline | the tongue of certain animals used as meat |
| a narrow strip of land that juts out into the sea |
| any long thin projection that is transient |