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throat
CIDE DICTIONARY
throat, n. [OE. throte, AS. , ; akin to OHG. drozza, G. drossel; cf. OFries. & D. stort. Cf. Throttle.].
- The part of the neck in front of, or ventral to, the vertebral column. [1913 Webster]"I can vent clamor from my throat." [1913 Webster]
- A contracted portion of a vessel, or of a passage way; as, the throat of a pitcher or vase. [1913 Webster]
- The part of a chimney between the gathering, or portion of the funnel which contracts in ascending, and the flue. Gwilt. [1913 Webster]
- The upper fore corner of a boom-and-gaff sail, or of a staysail. Totten. [1913 Webster]
- The inside of a timber knee. [1913 Webster]
- The orifice of a tubular organ; the outer end of the tube of a monopetalous corolla; the faux, or fauces. [1913 Webster]
throat, v. t.
- To utter in the throat; to mutter; as, to throat threats. Chapman. [1913 Webster]
- To mow, as beans, in a direction against their bending. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
throat, n.
1 a the windpipe or gullet. b the front part of the neck containing this.
2 literary a a voice, esp. of a songbird. b a thing compared to a throat, esp. a narrow passage, entrance, or exit.
3 Naut. the forward upper corner of a fore-and-aft sail.
1 a the windpipe or gullet. b the front part of the neck containing this.
2 literary a a voice, esp. of a songbird. b a thing compared to a throat, esp. a narrow passage, entrance, or exit.
3 Naut. the forward upper corner of a fore-and-aft sail.
Idiom
cut one's own throat bring about one's own downfall. ram (or thrust) down a person's throat force (a thing) on a person's attention.
Derivative
-throated adj. (in comb.).
Etymology
OE throte, throtu f. Gmc
THESAURUS
throat
bottleneck, canal, channel, defile, esophagus, fauces, goozle, gorge, gullet, guzzle, hals, isthmus, narrow, narrows, neck, pass, pharynx, strait, weasand, wizenROGET THESAURUS
throat
Opening
N opening, hole, foramen, puncture, perforation, fontanel, transforation, pinhole, keyhole, loophole, porthole, peephole, mousehole, pigeonhole, eye of a needle, eyelet, slot, opening, aperture, apertness, hiation, yawning, oscitancy, dehiscence, patefaction, pandiculation, chasm, embrasure, window, casement, abatjour, light, sky light, fan light, lattice, bay window, bow window, oriel, dormer, lantern, outlet, inlet, vent, vomitory, embouchure, orifice, mouth, sucker, muzzle, throat, gullet, weasand, wizen, nozzle, placket, portal, porch, gate, ostiary, postern, wicket, trapdoor, hatch, door, arcade, cellarway, driveway, gateway, doorway, hatchway, gangway, lich gate, way, path, thoroughfare, channel, passage, passageway, tube, pipe, water pipe, air pipe, vessel, tubule, canal, gut, fistula, adjutage, ajutage, ostium, smokestack, chimney, flue, tap, funnel, gully, tunnel, main, mine, pit, adit, shaft, gallery, alley, aisle, glade, vista, bore, caliber, pore, blind orifice, fulgurite, thundertube, porousness, porosity, sieve, cullender, colander, cribble, riddle, screen, honeycomb, apertion, perforation, piercing, terebration, empalement, pertusion, puncture, acupuncture, penetration, key, opener, master key, password, combination, passe- partout, open, perforated, perforate, wide open, ajar, unclosed, unstopped, oscitant, gaping, yawning, patent, tubular, cannular, fistulous, pervious, permeable, foraminous, vesicular, vasicular, porous, follicular, cribriform, honeycombed, infundibular, riddled, tubulous, tubulated, piped, tubate, opening, aperient, Int, open sesame!.Airpipe
N airpipe, air pipe, air tube, airhole, blowhole, breathinghole, venthole, shaft, flue, chimney, funnel, vent, nostril, nozzle, throat, weasand, trachea, bronchus, bronchia, larynx, tonsils, windpipe, spiracle, ventiduct, ventilator, louvre, jalousie, Venetian blinds, blowpipe, pipe, jhilmil, smokestack, screen, window screen, ' artificial lung, iron lung, heart and lung machine.For further exploring for "throat" in Webster Dictionary Online
