throat
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throat
- /ˈθɹəʊt/ UK
- /ˈθɹoʊt/ US
Rhymes with -əʊt
Where it comes from
From Middle English throte, from Old English þrote, þrota, þrotu (“throat”), from Proto-West Germanic *þrotu, from Proto-Germanic *þrutō (“throat”), from Proto-Indo-European *trud- (“to swell, become stiff”). Cognate with Dutch strot (“throat”), German Drossel (“throttle, gorge of game (wild animals)”), Faroese troti (“swelling”), Icelandic þroti (“swelling”), Norwegian trut (“mouth”), Swedish trut.
noun throats · throate · throte
- The front part of the neck. The wild pitch bounced and hit the catcher in the throat.
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The gullet or windpipe.
As I swallowed I felt something strange in my throat.
Similar: esophagus, gullet, oesophagus, trachea, windpipe
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A narrow opening in a vessel.
The water leaked out from the throat of the bottle.
Similar: neck, bottleneck
- Short for station throat
- The part of a chimney between the gathering, or portion of the funnel which contracts in ascending, and the flue. 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.
- 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 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
- 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.
Opposite: peak
verb throats · throating · throated · throate · throte
- To utter in or with the throat. He beat about and pecked the net until his mate was liberated, and, throating a song of gratitude, the bird he freed flew to the sky.
- To take into the throat. (Compare deepthroat.) The Roman began to throat his rigid flagpole of a mancock, making groaning noises.
- To mow (beans, etc.) in a direction against their bending.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: pharynx, gorge, bleeding, slitting, whistle, collar, sweater, vest, shiner, mouth, groove, trench, hose, chest, neck, cervix
noun
Opposite: peak
Translations
Every language
noun front part of the neck
| Español | garganta, gorja |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 멱 myeok, 멱살 myeoksal |
| 日本語 | 喉 nodo |
| 中文 | 嗓子 sǎngzi, 喉嚨 /喉咙 hóulóng |
| हिन्दी | गला galā |
| Português | garganta |
| Français | gorge |
| Deutsch | Kehle |
| Italiano | gola |
| Ελληνικά | λαιμός laimós |
| Română | gât, gușă |
| Русский | го́рло górlo, гло́тка glótka |
| Tiếng Việt | cuống họng, họng |
| العربية | حَلْق ḥalq, حُلْقُوم ḥulqūm |
| עברית | גָּרוֹן garon |
Talk about this word "throat." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/throat. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. throat. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/throat "throat." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/throat.Cite this
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title = {throat},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/throat},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
