Thesaurus: throat

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1. n. The part of the neck in front of, or ventral to, the vertebral column.
2. n. Hence, the passage through it to the stomach and lungs; the pharynx; -- sometimes restricted to the fauces.
3. n. A contracted portion of a vessel, or of a passage way; as, the throat of a pitcher or vase.
4. n. The part of a chimney between the gathering, or portion of the funnel which contracts in ascending, and the flue.
5. n. The upper fore corner of a boom-and-gaff sail, or of a staysail.
6. n. That end of a gaff which is next the mast.
7. n. The angle where the arm of an anchor is joined to the shank.
8. n. The inside of a timber knee.
9. n. The orifice of a tubular organ; the outer end of the tube of a monopetalous corolla; the faux, or fauces.
10. v. t. To utter in the throat; to mutter; as, to throat threats.
11. v. t. To mow, as beans, in a direction against their bending.
12. n. the passage to the stomach and lungs; in the front part of the neck below the chin and above the collarbone