vocal fold

Questions about vocal fold

What does vocal fold mean?

vocal fold means "either of two pairs of folds of mucous membrane projecting into the larynx".

What is another word for vocal fold?

Close synonyms include vocal cord, vocal band, plica vocalis. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is vocal fold a common word?

vocal fold is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.