Meaning

1. neck (part of the body connecting the head and the trunk found in humans and some animals)
2. neck (tapered part of a bottle toward the opening)
3. passage sheltered on both sides by walls, connecting a gate with a protruding fortification
4. throat (angle where the arm of an anchor is joined to the shank)
5. (obsolete) neck (part of an instrument to be held)
6. (obsolete) neck (part of the collar of an article of clothing)
7. (obsolete) tarsus (group of small bones in this part of the foot)
8. (obsolete) bottleneck (narrow stretch of forest leading to a field)
9. life