throat

B2
Pronunciation
/ˈθɹəʊt/
/ˈθɹoʊt/
Noun
10 definition(s)
1 Definition

The front part of the neck.

Example Sentences
  • The wild pitch bounced and hit the catcher in the throat.
2 Definition

The gullet or windpipe.

Example Sentences
  • As I swallowed I felt something strange in my throat.
3 Definition

A narrow opening in a vessel.

Example Sentences
  • The water leaked out from the throat of the bottle.
4 Definition

Station throat.

5 Definition

The part of a chimney between the gathering, or portion of the funnel which contracts in ascending, and the flue.

6 Definition

The upper fore corner of a boom-and-gaff sail, or of a staysail.

7 Definition

That end of a gaff which is next to the mast.

8 Definition

The angle where the arm of an anchor is joined to the shank.

9 Definition

The inside of a timber knee.

10 Definition

The orifice of a tubular organ; the outer end of the tube of a monopetalous corolla; the faux, or fauces.

Verb
3 definition(s)
1 Definition

To utter in or with the throat.

Example Sentences
  • to throat threats
2 Definition

To take into the throat. (Compare deepthroat.)

3 Definition

To mow (beans, etc.) in a direction against their bending.