1. throat(n = noun.body) pharynx - the passage to the stomach and lungs; in the front part of the neck below the chin and above the collarbone;
is a kind of tubular cavity
is a part of upper respiratory tract, alimentary canal, alimentary tract, digestive tract, digestive tube, gastrointestinal tract, gi tract, cervix, neck
has parts: clapper, glossa, lingua, tongue, gustatory organ, taste bud, tastebud, nasopharynx, oropharynx, laryngopharynx, adenoid, luschka's tonsil, pharyngeal tonsil, third tonsil, tonsilla adenoidea, tonsilla pharyngealis, pharyngeal recess
Derived form adjective throaty1
2. throat(n = noun.artifact) - an opening in the vamp of a shoe at the instep;
is a kind of opening
is a part of shoe
3. throat(n = noun.artifact) - a passage resembling a throat in shape or function; "the throat of the vase"; "the throat of a chimney"
is a kind of passage
4. throat(n = noun.animal) - the part of an animal's body that corresponds to a person's throat;
is a kind of external body part
1. 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]
2. A contracted portion of a vessel, or of a passage way; as, the throat of a pitcher or vase. [1913 Webster]
3. The part of a chimney between the gathering, or portion of the funnel which contracts in ascending, and the flue. Gwilt. [1913 Webster]
4. The upper fore corner of a boom-and-gaff sail, or of a staysail. Totten. [1913 Webster]
5. The inside of a timber knee. [1913 Webster]
6. The orifice of a tubular organ; the outer end of the tube of a monopetalous corolla; the faux, or fauces. [1913 Webster]
1. To utter in the throat; to mutter; as, to throat threats. Chapman. [1913 Webster]
2. To mow, as beans, in a direction against their bending. [1913 Webster]
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.
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
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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.
clear the throat, raw throat, septic sore throat, sore throat, strep throat, streptococcal sore throat, throat infection, throat protector, throat sweetbread