Definition of "vocal"

Of, pertaining to, or resembling the human voice or speech.

1. (anatomy) Used in the production of speech sounds.  examples

2. (music) Relating to, composed or arranged for, or sung by the human voice.  examples

3. (phonetics) 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.  examples

4. (phonetics) Synonym of vocalic.  examples

Uttered or modulated by the voice; expressed in words.

1. Expressing opinions or feelings freely, loudly, or insistently.  examples

2. Having or exercising the power of producing voice, speech, or sound.  quotations  examples

   Quotations

   • To hill or valley, fountain, or fresh shade,Made vocal by my song.

     1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost

   • The tide flows down, the wave again⁠Is vocal in its wooded walls:⁠My deeper anguish also falls,And I can speak a little then.

     1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], canto XIX, page 32

3. Synonym of expressive.  examples

4. Full of voices.  examples

(phonetics) A vocal sound; specifically, a purely vocal element of speech, unmodified except by resonance; a vowel or a diphthong; a tonic element; a tonic.  examples

(music) A part of a piece of music that is sung.  quotations

1. (acting) A musical performance involving singing.  examples

(Catholicism) A man in the Roman Catholic Church who has a right to vote in certain elections.  examples