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throat

noun verb

The front part of the neck.

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Word Facts

Word length
6
Starts with
T
Ends with
T
Contains
HR
Scrabble score
9
Database source
OEWN 2025 Core

How it sounds

Pronunciation

/ˈθɹəʊt/ /ˈθɹoʊt/

Meaning

Definitions

noun

  1. The front part of the neck.

    “The wild pitch bounced and hit the catcher in the throat.”

  2. The gullet or windpipe.

    “As I swallowed I felt something strange in my throat.”

  3. A narrow opening in a vessel.

    “The water leaked out from the throat of the bottle.”

  4. Station throat.

  5. The part of a chimney between the gathering, or portion of the funnel which contracts in ascending, and the flue.

  6. The upper fore corner of a boom-and-gaff sail, or of a staysail.

  7. That end of a gaff which is next to the mast.

  8. The angle where the arm of an anchor is joined to the shank.

  9. The inside of a timber knee.

  10. The orifice of a tubular organ; the outer end of the tube of a monopetalous corolla; the faux, or fauces.

verb

  1. To utter in or with the throat.

    “to throat threats”

  2. To take into the throat. (Compare deepthroat.)

  3. To mow (beans, etc.) in a direction against their bending.

In context

Example Sentences

The wild pitch bounced and hit the catcher in the throat.
As I swallowed I felt something strange in my throat.
The water leaked out from the throat of the bottle.
to throat threats

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