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Definition of 'neck'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) neck
the part of the body that connects the head and the trunk.

2.  neck
the part of a garment encircling, partly covering, or closest to the neck; neckline.

3.  neck
the slender part near the top of a bottle, vase, or similar object.

4.  neck
the long, slender part of a violin or similar stringed instrument, extending from the body to the head.

5.  neck
any narrow, connecting, or projecting part suggesting a neck.

6.  neck
a narrow strip of land, as an isthmus.

7.  neck
a strait; channel.

8.  neck
a narrowed part of a bone, organ, or the like.

9.  neck
the slightly narrowed region of a tooth between the crown and the root.

10.  neck
the approximate length of a horse's head and neck, as indicating a margin of victory in a race.

11.  neck
the solidified lava or igneous rock filling a conduit leading either to a vent of an extinct volcano or to a laccolith.

12. (v.i.) neck
Informal. to embrace, kiss, and caress amorously.

13. (v.t.) neck
Informal. to embrace, kiss, and caress (someone) amorously.

14.  neck
to strangle or behead.

Definition of 'neck'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) neck, cervix
the part of an organism (human or animal) that connects the head to the rest of the body
"he admired her long graceful neck"; "the horse won by a neck"

2. (noun) neck
a narrow elongated projecting strip of land

3. (noun) neck
a cut of meat from the neck of an animal

4. (noun) neck
a narrow part of an artifact that resembles a neck in position or form
"the banjo had a long neck"; "the bottle had a wide neck"

5. (verb) neck, neck opening
an opening in a garment for the neck of the wearer; a part of the garment near the wearer's neck

6. (verb) neck, make out
kiss, embrace, or fondle with sexual passion
"The couple were necking in the back seat of the car"

Definition of 'neck'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) neck
the part of the body between the shoulders and head
a scarf tied around her neck; the swan's long graceful neck

2.  neck
the opening of a piece of clothing, which your head goes through
a low-necked blouse

3.  neck
-neck/-necked
indicates the shape of the neck
a v-neck/crew-neck/turtle-neck sweater

4.  neck
a long thin part of an object
a wine bottle's neck; the neck of the violin

5.  neck
up to your neck in sth
dealing with a lot of sth bad or difficult
I'm up to my neck in assignments for school.

6.  neck
neck and neck (with)
competing closely with
The two candidates are neck and neck.

7.  neck
neck of the woods
indicates a particular area where sth happens or sb lives
Is there a lot of snow in your neck of the woods?

Definition of 'neck'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) neck
the part of an animal which connects the head and the trunk, and which, in man and many other animals, is more slender than the trunk

2. (noun) neck
any part of an inanimate object corresponding to or resembling the neck of an animal

3. (noun) neck
the long slender part of a vessel, as a retort, or of a fruit, as a gourd

4. (noun) neck
a long narrow tract of land projecting from the main body, or a narrow tract connecting two larger tracts

5. (noun) neck
that part of a violin, guitar, or similar instrument, which extends from the head to the body, and on which is the finger board or fret board

6. (noun) neck
a reduction in size near the end of an object, formed by a groove around it; as, a neck forming the journal of a shaft

7. (noun) neck
the point where the base of the stem of a plant arises from the root

8. neck
to kiss and caress amorously

9. (verb) neck
to reduce the diameter of (an object) near its end, by making a groove around it; -- used with down; as, to neck down a shaft

Translation of 'neck'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: the part of the body between the head and chest She wore a scarf around her neck.
Afrikaans: hals, nek	Arabic: عُنُق، رَقَبَه	Bulgarian: шия
Brazilian: pescoço	Czech: krk	German: der Hals
Danish: hals	Greek: λαιμός	Spanish: cuello
Estonian: kael	Farsi: گردن	Finnish: kaula
French: cou	Hebrew: צַווָאר	Hindi: गरदन
Croatian: vrat	Hungarian: nyak	Indonesian: leher
Icelandic: háls	Italian: collo	Japanese: 首
Korean: (동물, 인간의) 목	Lithuanian: kaklas, sprandas	Latvian: kakls
Malay: leher	Dutch: nek; hals	Norwegian: hals
Polish: szyja	Persian: گردن	Pashto: غاړه
Portuguese: pescoço	Romanian: gât	Russian: шея
Slovak: krk	Slovenian: vrat	Serbian: vrat
Swedish: hals	Thai: ลำคอ	Turkish: boyun
Taiwanese: 頸部	Ukrainian: шия	Urdu: گردن
Vietnamese: cổ	Chinese: 颈，脖子
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