VOCALS
Noun
vocals
plural of vocal
Noun
vocals pl (plural only)
(music) The words of a song together with other sounds sung by a vocalist
Source: Wiktionary
VOCAL
Vo"cal, a. Etym: [L. vocalis, fr. vox, vocis, voice: cf. F. vocal.
See Voice, and cf. Vowel.]
1. Of or pertaining to the voice or speech; having voice; endowed
with utterance; full of voice, or voices.
To hill or valley, fountain, or fresh shade, Made vocal by my song.
Milton.
2. Uttered or modulated by the voice; oral; as, vocal melody; vocal
prayer. "Vocal worship." Milton.
3. Of or pertaining to a vowel or voice sound; also,
4. (Phon.)
(a) Consisting of, or characterized by, voice, or tone produced in
the larynx, which may be modified, either by resonance, as in the
case of the vowels, or by obstructive action, as in certain
consonants, such as v, l, etc., or by both, as in the nasals m, n,
ng; sonant; intonated; voiced. See Voice, and Vowel, also Guide to
Pronunciation, §§ 199-202.
(b) Of or pertaining to a vowel; having the character of a vowel;
vowel. Vocal cords or chords. (Anat.) See Larynx, and the Note under
Voice, n., 1.
– Vocal fremitus Etym: [L. fremitus a dull roaring or murmuring]
(Med.), the perceptible vibration of the chest wall, produced by the
transmission of the sonorous vibrations during the act of using the
voice.
– Vocal music, music made by the voice, in distinction from
instrumental music; hence, music or tunes set to words, to be
performed by the human voice.
– Vocal tube (Anat.), the part of the air passages above the
inferior ligaments of the larynx, including the passages through the
nose and mouth.
Vo"cal, n. Etym: [Cf. F. vocal, LL. vocalis.]
1. (Phon.)
Definition: A vocal sound; specifically, a purely vocal element of speech,
unmodified except by resonance; a vowel or a diphthong; a tonic
element; a tonic; -- distinguished from a subvocal, and a nonvocal.
2. (R. C. Ch.)
Definition: A man who has a right to vote in certain elections.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition