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Definition of Throat
Pronunciation: thrōt | n. | 1. | (Anat.) The part of the neck in front of, or ventral to, the vertebral column. | | 2. | A contracted portion of a vessel, or of a passage way; as, the throat of a pitcher or vase. | | 3. | (Arch.) The part of a chimney between the gathering, or portion of the funnel which contracts in ascending, and the flue. | | 4. | (Naut.) The upper fore corner of a boom-and-gaff sail, or of a staysail. | | 5. | (Shipbuilding) The inside of a timber knee. | | 6. | (Bot.) The orifice of a tubular organ; the outer end of the tube of a monopetalous corolla; the faux, or fauces. | | v. t. | 1. | To utter in the throat; to mutter; as, to throat threats. | | 2. | To mow, as beans, in a direction against their bending. |
Related Words
bottleneck, canal, channel, defile, esophagus, fauces, goozle, gorge, gullet, guzzle, hals, isthmus, narrow, narrows, neck, pass, pharynx, strait, weasand, wizen
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