'Gullet' definitions:
Definition of 'gullet'
(from WordNet)
noun
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]
Synonyms of 'gullet'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abdomen,
- abomasum,
- bay window,
- beerbelly,
- belly,
- breadbasket,
- craw,
- crop,
- diaphragm,
- embonpoint,
- esophagus,
- fauces,
- first stomach,
- gizzard,
- goozle,
- gorge,
- gut,
- guzzle,
- hals,
- honeycomb stomach,
- kishkes,
- manyplies,
- maw,
- midriff,
- omasum,
- paunch,
- pharynx,
- pot,
- potbelly,
- potgut,
- psalterium,
- pusgut,
- rennet bag,
- reticulum,
- rumen,
- second stomach,
- spare tire,
- stomach,
- swagbelly,
- third stomach,
- throat,
- tum-tum,
- tummy,
- underbelly,
- ventripotence,
- weasand,
- wizen