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Definition of 'throat' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) throat
the first part of the passage from the mouth to the stomach and lungs, including the pharynx, larynx, and upper parts of the trachea and esophagus.

2.  throat
some analogous or similar narrowed part or passage.

3.  throat
the front of the neck below the chin and above the collarbones.

4.  throat
the narrow opening between a fireplace and its flue or smoke chamber.

5.  throat
the forward edge of the opening in the vamp of a shoe.

6. (v.t.) throat
to speak or sing throatily.


Definition of 'throat' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) throat, pharynx
the passage to the stomach and lungs; in the front part of the neck below the chin and above the collarbone

2. (noun) throat
an opening in the vamp of a shoe at the instep

3. (noun) throat
a passage resembling a throat in shape or function
"the throat of the vase"; "the throat of a chimney";

4. (noun) throat
the part of an animal's body that corresponds to a person's throat


Definition of 'throat' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) throat
the opening at the back of your mouth
She had something stuck in her throat.; a sore throat

2.  throat
your neck
The guy grabbed him by the throat.


Definition of 'throat' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) throat
the part of the neck in front of, or ventral to, the vertebral column

2. (noun) throat
hence, the passage through it to the stomach and lungs; the pharynx; -- sometimes restricted to the fauces

3. (noun) throat
a contracted portion of a vessel, or of a passage way; as, the throat of a pitcher or vase

4. (noun) throat
the part of a chimney between the gathering, or portion of the funnel which contracts in ascending, and the flue

5. (noun) throat
the upper fore corner of a boom-and-gaff sail, or of a staysail

6. (noun) throat
that end of a gaff which is next the mast

7. (noun) throat
the angle where the arm of an anchor is joined to the shank

8. (noun) throat
the inside of a timber knee

9. (noun) throat
the orifice of a tubular organ; the outer end of the tube of a monopetalous corolla; the faux, or fauces

10. (verb) throat
to utter in the throat; to mutter; as, to throat threats

11. (verb) throat
to mow, as beans, in a direction against their bending


Translation of 'throat' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: the back part of the mouth connecting the openings of the stomach, lungs and nose
She has a sore throat.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: keel Arabic flag Arabic: بُلْعوم، حَلْق Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: гърло
Brazilian flag Brazilian: garganta Czech flag Czech: krk, jícen German flag German: der Rachen
Danish flag Danish: hals Greek flag Greek: λαιμός, λάρυγγας Spanish flag Spanish: garganta
Estonian flag Estonian: kurk Farsi flag Farsi: گلو Finnish flag Finnish: kurkku
French flag French: gorge Hebrew flag Hebrew: גָרוֹן Hindi flag Hindi: कण्ठ
Croatian flag Croatian: ždrijelo Hungarian flag Hungarian: torok Indonesian flag Indonesian: tenggorokan
Icelandic flag Icelandic: háls Italian flag Italian: gola Japanese flag Japanese: のど
Korean flag Korean: 목구멍 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: gerklė Latvian flag Latvian: rīkle
Malay flag Malay: tekak Dutch flag Dutch: keel Norwegian flag Norwegian: hals, svelg
Polish flag Polish: gardło Portuguese flag Portuguese: garganta Romanian flag Romanian: gât(lej)
Russian flag Russian: горло Slovak flag Slovak: hrdlo Slovenian flag Slovenian: grlo
Serbian flag Serbian: grlo Swedish flag Swedish: hals, strupe, svalg Thai flag Thai: ช่องคอ
Turkish flag Turkish: boğaz, gırtlak Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 咽喉 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: горло, горлянка
Urdu flag Urdu: حلق Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: cổ họng, hầu Chinese flag Chinese: 咽喉

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