throat
IPA: θrˈoʊt
noun
- 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.
verb
- (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.
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Examples of "throat" in Sentences
- He died of an abscess of the throat.
- The stamens protrude from the throat.
- It is a throat demulcent and expectorant.
- The pistil abruptly narrows at the throat.
- The throat between the walkers is adjustable.
- A mark on the back of the throat portends beheading.
- The throat and the sides of the head are featherless.
- The head is turned toward the heavens, and the throat cut.
- An adam's apple is a protrusion in the front of the throat.
- The males were glossy metallic green from head to the throat.
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