morning voice
morning voice noun: a deep, husky, or raspy quality to a person's voice when waking up after a long sleep; occurs because vocal cords are slightly swollen or dehydrated and may have fluid collection in the throat or thickened mucus from overnight sleep or inactivity; caused when vocal folds are swollen and less able to vibrate evenly, causing a temporary change in pitch and texture; typically dissipates within an hour.
Noun
morning voice (plural morning voices)
- A deep, husky, or raspy quality to a person's voice when waking up after a long sleep; occurs because vocal cords are slightly swollen or dehydrated and may have fluid collection in the throat or thickened mucus from overnight sleep or inactivity; caused when vocal folds are swollen and less able to vibrate evenly, causing a temporary change in pitch and texture; typically dissipates within an hour.
Forms of morning voice
| plural | morning voices |
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Origin of morning voice
From morning + voice
Questions about morning voice
- What does morning voice mean?
- Morning voice means a deep, husky, or raspy quality to a person's voice when waking up after a long sleep; occurs because vocal cords are slightly swollen or dehydrated and may have fluid collection in the throat or thickened mucus from overnight sleep or inactivity; caused when vocal folds are swollen and less able to vibrate evenly, causing a temporary change in pitch and texture; typically dissipates within an hour.
- What part of speech is morning voice?
- Morning voice is a noun.
- What is the plural of morning voice?
- The plural of morning voice is morning voices.
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