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Throat
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Meaning
Noun
●
The front part of the neck.
●
In Anatomy:
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.
●
In Nautical:
The
upper
fore
corner
of a boom-and-gaff
sail
, or of a staysail.
●
In Nautical & Anatomy:
That
end of
a
gaff
which is
next to
the mast.
●
In Nautical:
The
angle
where the
arm
of an
anchor
is
joined
to the shank.
●
In Anatomy:
The
inside of
a
timber
knee.
●
In Botany & Anatomy:
The
orifice
of a
tubular
organ
; the
outer
end of
the
tube
of a
monopetalous
corolla
; the
faux
, or fauces.
Verb
●
To
utter
in or with the throat.
●
To take into the
throat
. (Compare deepthroat.)
●
In British English:
To
mow
(beans, etc.) in a
direction
against their bending.
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Origin
throat
English
throte
Middle English (1100-1500)
þrote
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
Sourced from
Etym
Synonyms
Esophagus
Gullet
Oesophagus
Trachea
Windpipe
Neck
Bottleneck
Throate
Throte
Antonyms
Peak
Related
Neck
Mouth
Nose
Tongue
Stomach
Jaw
Abdomen
Jugular
Chest
Ear
Larynx
Nostrils
Vagina
Lungs
Belly
Skin
Pharynx
Ears
Groin
Anus
Lips
Wrist
Nasal
Cough
Forehead
Crotch
Bladder
Cavity
Eyes
Rectum
Lung
Head
Urethra
Heart
Penis
Sinuses
Cervix
Face
Pharyngeal
Wound
Cheeks
Skull
Body
Hoarseness
Chin
Gums
Scalp
Spine
Eye
Uterus
Breath
Auditory Canal
Respiratory Tract
Thoracic Cavity
Carotid Artery
Eustachian Tubes
Jugular Vein
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Rhymes
Owt
Oat
Lot
Vote
Goat
Note
Tote
Yote
Boat
Moth
Rote
Lote
Coat
Mote
Dote
Moat
Nowt
Hote
Troat
Gloat
Emote
Smote
Stoat
Shoat
Bloat
Wrote
Groat
Float
Quote
Demote
Recoat
Throat
Denote
Remote
Scrote
Sprout
Devote
Afloat
Refloat
Unquote
Connote
Promote
Rewrote
Undernote
Undercoat
Underquote
Underwrote
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