Definitions for: Throat


[n] a passage resembling a throat in shape or function; "the throat of the vase" or"the throat of a chimney"
[n] an opening in the vamp of a shoe at the instep
[n] the passage to the stomach and lungs; in the front part of the neck below the chin and above the collarbone



Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

I can vent clamor from my throat. --Shak.

2. A contracted portion of a vessel, or of a passage way; as,
the throat of a pitcher or vase.

3. (Arch.) The part of a chimney between the gathering, or
portion of the funnel which contracts in ascending, and
the flue. --Gwilt.

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.

5. (Shipbuilding) The inside of a timber knee.

6. (Bot.) The orifice of a tubular organ; the outer end of
the tube of a monopetalous corolla; the faux, or fauces.

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.


Throat, v. t.
1. To utter in the throat; to mutter; as, to throat threats.
[Obs.] --Chapman.

2. To mow, as beans, in a direction against their bending.
[Prov. Eng.]

Synonyms: pharynx

See Also: adenoid, alimentary canal, alimentary tract, cervix, clapper, digestive tract, digestive tube, gastrointestinal tract, GI tract, glossa, gustatory organ, laryngopharynx, lingua, Luschka's tonsil, nasopharynx, neck, opening, oropharynx, passage, pharyngeal recess, pharyngeal tonsil, shoe, taste bud, tastebud, third tonsil, tongue, tonsilla adenoidea, tonsilla pharyngealis, tubular cavity, upper respiratory tract

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