throat

Meaning

Noun

1. The front part of the neck.
2. The gullet or windpipe.
3. A narrow opening in a vessel.
4. (abbreviation, alt-of) Short for station throat
5. The part of a chimney between the gathering, or portion of the funnel which contracts in ascending, and the flue.
6. The upper fore corner of a boom-and-gaff sail, or of a staysail.
7. That end of a gaff which is next to the mast.
8. The angle where the arm of an anchor is joined to the shank.
9. The inside of a timber knee.
10. The orifice of a tubular organ; the outer end of the tube of a monopetalous corolla; the faux, or fauces.

Verb

1. (uncommon) To utter in or with the throat.
2. (informal) To take into the throat. (Compare deepthroat.)
3. (UK, dialectal, obsolete) To mow (beans, etc.) in a direction against their bending.

Synonyms

neck

gullet

larynx

windpipe

pharynx

gorge

voice

fauces

maw

Adam’s apple

sore throat

oesophagus

heart

❤️

gargoyle

glottis

gluttony

gnarl

hoarseness

inlet

lane

nape

neckband

respect

river

scrag

share

sink

speech

strangler

swallow

throating

trachea

vagus nerve

vocal chords

voice box

weasand

weep

whistle

word

roof of mouth

trickling water

respiratory tract

front of neck

critical section

language

dog-hole

drip mold

laryngopharynx

filler opening

larmier

Translations

gorge

garganta

Kehle

gola

Hals

keel

garganta

λαιμός

Rachen

cuello

hals

cou

Gurgel

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈθɹəʊt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: throte

Inherited from Old English: þrote

Cognate with Dutch: strot

Cognate with German: Drossel

Cognate with Icelandic: þroti

Cognate with Swedish: trut

In summary

From Middle English throte, from Old English þrote, þrota, þrotu (“throat”), from Proto-West Germanic *þrotu, from Proto-Germanic *þrutō (“throat”), from Proto-Indo-European *trud- (“to swell, become stiff”). Cognate with Dutch strot (“throat”), German Drossel (“throttle, gorge of game (wild animals)”), Swedish trut, Icelandic þroti (“swelling”).

Sentences

This raven has very short feathers on the head , throat and neck .