🇬🇧 Windpipe meaning: English Vocabulary Flash Card

Your windpipe is the tube in the front of your neck that air travels through when you breathe. When you breathe in, air goes in through your nose or mouth, down your windpipe, and into your lungs. When you breathe out, the air comes back up your windpipe and out again. It’s like a small, bendy tunnel inside your neck that only air is allowed to use.

When I laughed with milk in my mouth, my windpipe yelled, "Wrong door!"

My windpipe went on strike and made me cough until I stopped eating too fast.

When I blew up ten balloons, my windpipe asked for a vacation.

I hiccupped so loudly my windpipe thought there was an earthquake in my chest.

Your windpipe is also called the trachea, but "windpipe" sounds way cooler, like you swallowed a tiny air tunnel.

A boy grabs his throat when a grape blocks his windpipe. A woman sees the white grape press the windpipe, leans in and forces air; the grape pops into a napkin. He coughs, she touches his windpipe, then laughs, testing the windpipe with a deep breath. He feels his windpipe. Everyone exhales and bursts into relieved cheer.

This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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