gullet
- The throat or esophagus.
- The cytopharynx of a ciliate, through which food is ingested.
- The space between the teeth of a saw blade.
- A channel for water.
- A preparatory cut or channel in excavations, of sufficient width for the passage of earth wagons.
- The wide space under the pommel of a saddle; the hollow over the withers of a saddled animal.
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈɡʌl.ɪt/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle English golet, borrowed from Old French goulet, from Latin gula, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷel- (“throat”).
tooth space
pharinx
oesophagus oesophagi
Adam’s apple
esophagus esophagi
esophago
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