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Throat

noun
/ˈθɹəʊt/
Word Frequency: 15.6

Definitions

1.nounThe front part of the neck.
"The wild pitch bounced and hit the catcher in the throat."
2.nounThe gullet or windpipe.
"As I swallowed I felt something strange in my throat."
3.nounA narrow opening in a vessel.
"The water leaked out from the throat of the bottle."
4.nounStation throat.
5.nounThe part of a chimney between the gathering, or portion of the funnel which contracts in ascending, and the flue.
6.nounThe upper fore corner of a boom-and-gaff sail, or of a staysail.
7.nounThat end of a gaff which is next to the mast.
8.nounThe angle where the arm of an anchor is joined to the shank.
9.nounThe inside of a timber knee.
10.nounThe orifice of a tubular organ; the outer end of the tube of a monopetalous corolla; the faux, or fauces.
11.verbTo utter in or with the throat.
"to throat threats"
12.verbTo take into the throat. (Compare deepthroat.)
13.verbTo mow (beans, etc.) in a direction against their bending.

Synonyms

esophagusgulletoesophagusbottlenecknecktracheawindpipepharynxgorgebleedingslittingwhistle

Antonyms

peak

Rhymes With

promoteconnotefloatdenotemotescapegoatnoteanecdote
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