noun#3,313 by frequency
throat
/ˈθɹəʊt/
The front part of the neck; The gullet or windpipe
- plural
- throats
Meanings
- 1
The front part of the neck
Mary is clearing her throat.
Tatoeba · Amastan · CC BY 2.0 FR
The speaker cleared his throat.
Tatoeba · CK · CC BY 2.0 FR
- 2
The gullet or windpipe
- 3
A narrow opening in a vesselrare
- 4
The part of a chimney between the gathering, or portion of the funnel which contracts in ascending, and the fluerare
- 5
The upper fore corner of a boom-and-gaff sail, or of a staysailrare
- 6
That end of a gaff which is next to the mastrare
- 7
The angle where the arm of an anchor is joined to the shankrare
- 8
The inside of a timber kneerare
- 9
The orifice of a tubular organ; the outer end of the tube of a monopetalous corolla; the faux, or faucesrare