Thesaurus: gullet
The tube by which food and drink are carried from the pharynx to the stomach; the esophagus.
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Definitions
- n. The tube by which food and drink are carried from the pharynx to the stomach; the esophagus.
- n. Something shaped like the food passage, or performing similar functions
- n. A channel for water.
- n. A preparatory cut or channel in excavations, of sufficient width for the passage of earth wagons.
- n. A concave cut made in the teeth of some saw blades.
- n. the passage between the pharynx and the stomach
- 1. (Anat.) The tube by which food and drink are carried from the pharynx to the stomach; the esophagus. 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.
- The tube by which food and drink are carried from the pharynxto the stomach; the esophagus.
- n:100 n the passage between the pharynx and the stomach