'Gullet' definitions:

Definition of 'gullet'

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noun
The passage between the pharynx and the stomach [syn: esophagus, oesophagus, gorge, gullet]

Definition of 'Gullet'

From: GCIDE
  • Gullet \Gul"let\, n. [OE. golet, OF. Goulet, dim. of gole, goule, throat, F. gueule, L. gula; perh. akin to Skr. gula, G. kenle; cf. F. goulet the neck of a bottle, goulotte channel gutter. Cf. Gules, Gully.]
  • 1. (Anat.) The tube by which food and drink are carried from the pharynx to the stomach; the esophagus. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Something shaped like the food passage, or performing similar functions; as: (a) A channel for water. (b) (Engin.) A preparatory cut or channel in excavations, of sufficient width for the passage of earth wagons. (c) A concave cut made in the teeth of some saw blades. [1913 Webster]

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