'Throat' definitions:
Definition of 'throat'
From: WordNet
noun
The passage to the stomach and lungs; in the front part of the neck below the chin and above the collarbone [syn: throat, pharynx]
noun
An opening in the vamp of a shoe at the instep
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A passage resembling a throat in shape or function; "the throat of the vase"; "the throat of a chimney";
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The part of an animal's body that corresponds to a person's throat
Definition of 'Throat'
From: GCIDE
- Throat \Throat\ (thr[=o]t), n. [OE. throte, AS. [thorn]rote, [thorn]rotu; akin to OHG. drozza, G. drossel; cf. OFries. & D. stort. Cf. Throttle.]
- 1. (Anat.) (a) The part of the neck in front of, or ventral to, the vertebral column. (b) Hence, the passage through it to the stomach and lungs; the pharynx; -- sometimes restricted to the fauces. [1913 Webster]
- I can vent clamor from my throat. --Shak. [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. (Arch.) The part of a chimney between the gathering, or portion of the funnel which contracts in ascending, and the flue. --Gwilt. [1913 Webster]
- 4. (Naut.) (a) The upper fore corner of a boom-and-gaff sail, or of a staysail. (b) That end of a gaff which is next the mast. (c) The angle where the arm of an anchor is joined to the shank. --Totten. [1913 Webster]
- 5. (Shipbuilding) The inside of a timber knee. [1913 Webster]
- 6. (Bot.) The orifice of a tubular organ; the outer end of the tube of a monopetalous corolla; the faux, or fauces. [1913 Webster]
- Throat brails (Naut.), brails attached to the gaff close to the mast.
- Throat halyards (Naut.), halyards that raise the throat of the gaff.
- Throat pipe (Anat.), the windpipe, or trachea.
- To give one the lie in his throat, to accuse one pointedly of lying abominably.
- To lie in one's throat, to lie flatly or abominably. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Throat'
From: GCIDE
- Throat \Throat\, v. t.
- 1. To utter in the throat; to mutter; as, to throat threats. [Obs.] --Chapman. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To mow, as beans, in a direction against their bending. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'throat'
From: Moby Thesaurus
Words containing 'Throat'
- Throating,
- throated,
- Sore throat,
- Throat brails,
- Throat halyards,
- Throat pipe,
- clear the throat,
- raw throat,
- strep throat,
- throat infection,
- throat protector,
- throat sweetbread,
- Malignant sore throat,
- Putrid sore throat,
- To lie in one's throat,
- Ulcerated sore throat,
- ruby-throat,
- septic sore throat,
- streptococcal sore throat,
- Blue-throated robin,
- To give one the lie in his throat,
- White-throated sparrow,
- blue-throated warbler,
- white-throated laughingthrush,
- white-throated thickhead,
- yellow-throated marten,
- ear-nose-and-throat doctor