THROAT

throat

(noun) the part of an animal’s body that corresponds to a person’s throat

throat

(noun) a passage resembling a throat in shape or function; “the throat of the vase”; “the throat of a chimney”

throat

(noun) an opening in the vamp of a shoe at the instep

throat, pharynx

(noun) the passage to the stomach and lungs; in the front part of the neck below the chin and above the collarbone

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

throat (plural throats)

The front part of the neck.

The gullet or windpipe.

A narrow opening in a vessel.

Station throat.

The part of a chimney between the gathering, or portion of the funnel which contracts in ascending, and the flue.

(nautical) The upper fore corner of a boom-and-gaff sail, or of a staysail.

(nautical) That end of a gaff which is next to the mast.

(nautical) The angle where the arm of an anchor is joined to the shank.

(shipbuilding) The inside of a timber knee.

(botany) The orifice of a tubular organ; the outer end of the tube of a monopetalous corolla; the faux, or fauces.

Synonyms

• (gullet): esophagus (US), gullet, oesophagus (British)

• (windpipe): trachea, windpipe

• (narrow opening in a vessel): neck, bottleneck (of a bottle)

Antonyms

• (end of a gaff next to the mast): peak

Verb

throat (third-person singular simple present throats, present participle throating, simple past and past participle throated)

(now, uncommon) To utter in or with the throat.

(informal) To take into the throat. (Compare deepthroat.)

(UK, dialect, obsolete) To mow (beans, etc.) in a direction against their bending.

Source: Wiktionary

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Throat, n. Etym: [OE. throte, AS. , ; akin to OHG. drozza, G. drossel; cf. OFries. & D. stort. Cf. Throttle.]

1. (Anat.) (a) The part of the neck in front of, or ventral to, the vertebral column. (b) Hence, the passage through it to the stomach and lungs; the pharynx; -- sometimes restricted to the fauces. I can vent clamor from my throat. Shak.

2. A contracted portion of a vessel, or of a passage way; as, the throat of a pitcher or vase.

3. (Arch.)

Definition: The part of a chimney between the gathering, or portion of the funnel which contracts in ascending, and the flue. Gwilt.

4. (Naut.) (a) The upper fore corner of a boom-and-gaff sail, or of a staysail. (b) That end of a gaff which is next the mast. (c) The angle where the arm of an anchor is joined to the shank. Totten.

5. (Shipbuilding)

Definition: The inside of a timber knee.

6. (Bot.)

Definition: The orifice of a tubular organ; the outer end of the tube of a monopetalous corolla; the faux, or fauces. Throat brails (Naut.), brails attached to the gaff close to the mast.

– Throat halyards (Naut.), halyards that raise the throat of the gaff.

– Throat pipe (Anat.), the windpipe, or trachea.

– To give one the lie in his throat, to accuse one pointedly of lying abominably.

– To lie in one's throat, to lie flatly or abominably.

Throat, v. t.

1. To utter in the throat; to mutter; as, to throat threats. [Obs.] Chapman.

2. To mow, as beans, in a direction against their bending. [Prov. Eng.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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