throat
Definitions
- The front part of the neck.
- The front part of the neck
- The gullet or windpipe
- The gullet or windpipe.
- A narrow opening in a vessel
- A narrow opening in a vessel.
- Short for station throat
- The part of a chimney between the gathering, or portion of the funnel which contracts in ascending, and the flue
- The part of a chimney between the gathering, or portion of the funnel which contracts in ascending, and the flue.
- The upper fore corner of a boom-and-gaff sail, or of a staysail.
- That end of a gaff which is next to the mast.
- The angle where the arm of an anchor is joined to the shank.
- The inside of a timber knee.
- The orifice of a tubular organ; the outer end of the tube of a monopetalous corolla; the faux, or fauces.
Equivalents
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Afrikaanskeel
Azərbaycan diliboğaz
Беларускаягорла
Catalàgola
Cymraeggwddf
Esperantogorĝo
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עבריתגרון
Magyartörök
Հայերենկոկորդ
Íslenskahals
Italianogola
ქართულიყელი
Қазақ тілітамақ
ភាសាខ្មែរបំពង់ក
Кыргызчатамак
ລາວລຳຄໍ
Lietuviųgerklė
Malagasytenda
Македонскигрло
മലയാളംതൊണ്ട
Монголхоолой
Maltigerżuma
မြန်မာလည်ချောင်း
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Slovenčinahrdlo
Slovenščinagrlo
Sesothommetso
Kiswahilikoo
தமிழ்தொண்டை
తెలుగుగొంతు
ไทยลำคอ
Türkmençebogaz
Tagaloglalamunan
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ئۇيغۇرچەتاماق
O'zbekchatomoq
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isiZuluumphimbo
Examples
“The wild pitch bounced and hit the catcher in the throat.”
“Serene, smiling, enigmatic, she faced him with no fear whatever showing in her dark eyes.[…]She put⟳ back a truant curl from her forehead where it had sought egress to the world, and looked him full in the face⟳ now, drawing a deep breath which caused the round of her bosom to lift⟳ the lace at her throat.”
“KANG: When I take⟳ this ship, I'll have⟳ Kirk's head stuffed and hung on his cabin wall. // MARA: They will kill⟳ us before we can act. // KANG: No, they wish⟳ to question⟳ us, learn⟳ our strength, our plans. They never will. // MARA: We are forty against four hundred. // KLINGON: Four thousand throats may be cut⟳ in one night by a running man. // KANG: Patience. Vigilance. They will make⟳ a mistake⟳. Capture⟳ of the Enterprise will give⟳ us knowledge to end⟳ this war quickly.”
“The tale is bookended by battles – faces meatily pummelled, bones crunchily broken and throats spurtingly sliced as offstage conflicts are placed centre-screen.”
“As I swallowed I felt something strange in my throat.”
“The water leaked out from the throat of the bottle.”
“By the throat of a Chimney, I mean⟳ the lower extremity of its canal, where it unites with the upper part of its open⟳ Fire-place.”
“This course of bricks will be upon a level for instance, higher than this part, otherwise the with the top of the door-way left for the chimney throat of the chimney will not be properly form⟳.”
“The shoe iron⟳ must then become⟳ a mere loose piece of iron⟳, and be found, on the heaving up of the anchor, to have⟳ lain on the surface of the soil between it and immediately under the throat of the anchor”
CEFR level
A2
Elementary
This word is part of the CEFR A2 vocabulary — elementary level.
This word is part of the CEFR A2 vocabulary — elementary level.
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