Definition of: vocal

(vō′kəl) adjective
1. Of or pertaining to the voice; uttered by the voice; oral: vocal protests.
2. Having voice; endowed with the power of utterance; vocal creatures.
3. Composed for or performed by the voice: a vocal score.
4. Concerned in the production of voice: the vocal organs.
5. Full of voices or sounds; resounding: The air was vocal with their cries.
6. Eloquent without need of speech: the vocal beauty of the Parthenon.
7. Freely expressing oneself in speech; readily given to voicing opinions: the vocal segment of the populace.
8. Phonet. a Voiced; sonant, as b, d, g, distinguished from p, t, k. b Pertaining to or like a vowel; vocalic. See synonyms under VERBAL.
—noun Phonet.
1. A vowel.
2. A voiced consonant. [<L vocalis speaking, sounding <vox, vocis a voice. Doublet of VOWEL.]
—vo′cal·ly adverb
VOCAL CORDS
a. Open. b. Closed. c. Voice. d. Whisper.