Definitions for throat
θroʊtthroat

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. throat, pharynxnoun

   the passage to the stomach and lungs; in the front part of the neck below the chin and above the collarbone

2. throatnoun

   an opening in the vamp of a shoe at the instep

3. throatnoun

   a passage resembling a throat in shape or function

   "the throat of the vase"; "the throat of a chimney";

4. throatnoun

   the part of an animal's body that corresponds to a person's throat

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. throatnoun

   The front part of the neck.

   The wild pitch bounced and hit the catcher in the throat.

2. throatnoun

   The gullet or windpipe.

   As I swallowed I felt something strange in my throat.

3. throatnoun

   A narrow opening in a vessel.

   The water leaked out from the throat of the bottle.

4. throatnoun

   station throat

5. Etymology: From throte, from þrote, þrota, þrotu, from þrutō, from trud-. Cognate with strot, Droß, þroti.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Throatnoun

   Etymology: ðrote, ðrota , Saxon.

   1. The forepart of the neck; the passages of nutriment and breath.

   The gold, I give thee, will I melt and pour
   Down thy ill-uttering throat. William Shakespeare.

   Wherefore could I not pronounce, amen?
   I had most need of blessing, and amen
   Stuck in my throat. William Shakespeare, Macbeth.

   2. The main road of any place.

   Her honour, and her courage try’d,
   Calm and intrepid in the very throat
   Of sulphurous war, on Teniers dreadful field. James Thomson.

   3. To cut the Throat. To murder; to kill by violence.

   These bred up amongst the Englishmen, when they become kern, are made more fit to cut their throats. Edmund Spenser.

   A trumpeter that was made prisoner, when the soldiers were about to cut his throat, says, why should you kill a man that kills nobody? Roger L'Estrange.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Throat

   In vertebrate anatomy, the throat is the front part of the neck, internally positioned in front of the vertebrae. It contains the pharynx and larynx. An important section of it is the epiglottis, separating the esophagus from the trachea (windpipe), preventing food and drinks being inhaled into the lungs. The throat contains various blood vessels, pharyngeal muscles, the nasopharyngeal tonsil, the tonsils, the palatine uvula, the trachea, the esophagus, and the vocal cords. Mammal throats consist of two bones, the hyoid bone and the clavicle. The "throat" is sometimes thought to be synonymous for the fauces.It works with the mouth, ears and nose, as well as a number of other parts of the body. Its pharynx is connected to the mouth, allowing speech to occur, and food and liquid to pass down the throat. It is joined to the nose by the nasopharynx at the top of the throat, and to the ear by its Eustachian tube. The throat's trachea carries inhaled air to the bronchi of the lungs. The esophagus carries food through the throat to the stomach. Adenoids and tonsils help prevent infection and are composed of lymph tissue. The larynx contains vocal cords, the epiglottis (preventing food/liquid inhalation), and an area known as the subglottic larynx, in children it is the narrowest section of the upper part of the throat. The Jugulum is a low part of the throat, located slightly above the breast. The term Jugulum is reflected both by the internal and external jugular veins, which pass through the Jugulum.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. throat

   A throat is a part of the body located at the front of the neck which serves as the passageway for air to the lungs and food to the digestive tract. It consists of the pharynx and the larynx, and includes parts responsible for vocalization. It's also often associated with the body's immune response against illness as it contains the tonsils and lymphoid tissues.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Throatnoun

   the part of the neck in front of, or ventral to, the vertebral column

2. Throatnoun

   hence, the passage through it to the stomach and lungs; the pharynx; -- sometimes restricted to the fauces

3. Throatnoun

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

4. Throatnoun

   the part of a chimney between the gathering, or portion of the funnel which contracts in ascending, and the flue

5. Throatnoun

   the upper fore corner of a boom-and-gaff sail, or of a staysail

6. Throatnoun

   that end of a gaff which is next the mast

7. Throatnoun

   the angle where the arm of an anchor is joined to the shank

8. Throatnoun

   the inside of a timber knee

9. Throatnoun

   the orifice of a tubular organ; the outer end of the tube of a monopetalous corolla; the faux, or fauces

10. Throatverb

    to utter in the throat; to mutter; as, to throat threats

11. Throatverb

    to mow, as beans, in a direction against their bending

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Throat

   In vertebrate anatomy, the throat is the anterior part of the neck, in front of the vertebral column. It consists of the pharynx and larynx. An important feature of the throat is the epiglottis, a flap which separates the esophagus from the trachea and prevents inhalation of food or drink. The throat contains various blood vessels, various pharyngeal muscles, the trachea and the esophagus. The hyoid bone and the clavicle are the only bones located in the throat of mammals. It is sometimes considered a synonym for fauces. The jugulum is the lower part of the throat, just above the breast. The term is reflected in the external and internal jugular vein, which pass through this region.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Throat

   thrōt, n. the forepart of the neck, in which are the gullet and windpipe: an entrance: a narrow part of anything: (naut.) the widened and hollowed end of a gaff next the mast—opp. to Peak, the outer end.—ns. Throat′-band, -strap, -latch, a band about the throat; Throat′-bolt, an eye-bolt to which to hook the throat-halyards.—n.pl. Throat′-brails, those which are attached to the gaff for trussing up the sail close to the gaff as well as the mast.—adj. Throat′ed, with a throat of a specified kind.—n.pl. Throat′-hal′yards, those for hoisting the throat of a gaff.—adj. Throat′y, formed in the throat, guttural in sound.—Clergyman's sore throat, an affection commonly arising from too prolonged or powerful exercise of the voice by persons in whom the mucous membrane of the throat is in a relaxed condition; Cut one's own, or another's, throat, to pursue some course ruinous to one's own or to another's interests; Give one the lie in his throat, to accuse one to his face of a lie. [A.S. throte; Dut. strot, Ger. drossel, the throat.]

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. throat

   The widened and hollowed end of a gaff next the mast; opposed to peak, the outer end. Also, the midship portion of the floor-timbers and transoms. The contrary of breech.

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. throat

   A facet of the neck of an animal or human being.

   Men have an Adam's apple within their throat.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on February 27, 2020  

Matched Categories

1. • External Body Part
   • Opening
   • Tubular Cavity

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'throat' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3136

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'throat' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3140

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'throat' in Nouns Frequency: #1242

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1. athort

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of throat in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of throat in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of throat in a Sentence

1. Amy Duggar:

   When I was 6, my dad was watching me, and he picked me up by my throat, my dad was like, ‘Amy, did you brush your teeth?’ And I was like, ‘Yeah, Daddy!’ And he was like, ‘No, you didn’t,’ and he picked me up by my throat, all the way up to the ceiling, and I was scared s---less.

2. Jarred Evans:

   Jared Evans, a football player among the 195 evacuees, said in an interview Thursday night. After dinner, Jared Evans said, most people head straight to their rooms. Jarred Evans, a professional football player in China, is one of the Americans evacuated from a Chinese city at the center of the deadly coronavirus outbreak. ( AP Photo/Patricio Espinoza) They were flown out of Wuhan, the Chinese city at the epicenter of the outbreak, on Wednesday and while on the base have been given blood tests and nose, throat and mouth swabs. Most of the virus cases are in China, but the outbreak has spread to more than a dozen countries, and the World Health Organization declared a global emergency Thursday. The U.S. has advised against all travel to Chinaand on Thursday confirmed the countrys first case of person-to-person spread of the virus, a man who is married to a Chicago woman in her 60s who got sick after she returned from a trip to Wuhan. AMERICAN AIRLINES LATEST TO CANCEL ALL FLIGHTS TO CHINA AMID CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK One person tried to leave the base Wednesday night and Riverside County officials ordered the person quarantined for two weeks unless medically cleared before then, said Jose Arballo Jr., a spokesman for the countys public health agency. That means the unidentified person must remain with the group on the base, he said. Jose Arballo Jr. said early Friday that none of the passengers had shown signs of the illness but that Jose Arballo Jr. was about to go into a briefing for an update on the evacuees health. The evacuees are staying in hotel-style housing on the base and spent time Thursday exercising in a grassy area, some wearing masks, Jose Arballo Jr. said. A mobile medical clinic was set up in that area of the base so the evacuees will not have to go elsewhere for medical care if they need it, Jose Arballo Jr. said. Jarred Evans, who moved to Wuhan several years ago to play in a Chinese football league, said Jarred Evans would stay at the base until testing shows Jarred Evans is free of the virus. SIGN UP FOR THE FOX HEALTH NEWSLETTER Before the outbreak took hold, Jarred Evans said people in the city of 11 million people were happy as they prepared for the Lunar New Year holiday season. After news broke about rapidly expanding outbreak, Jarred Evans said residents swarmed pharmacies and stores to buy masks and disinfectant spray. The Chinese government shut down the city banning buses, trains, taxis, and personal cars and the military patrolled some streets and Jarred Evans compared its deserted atmosphere to an Old West ghost town. Imagine New York City being shut down, i was completely scared at first, because I didnt know exactly what was going to happen.

3. Anthony Sadler:

   I begin to tie him up with help from Chris, another passenger, i notice a man had his throat cut at which (time) Spencer begins to apply pressure to the neck wound before he bled out.

4. Charles Casillo:

   The car looked like an accordion, he was crumpled up inside and his face was completely destroyed. His nose and jaw were broken in several places. The car was still running and it was dangerous to get in. Because of the impact, the doors wouldn’t open. It was Elizabeth who pulled at the back door and managed to get in. He started choking and she actually stuck her fingers down his throat to pull out his broken teeth. Everyone at the scene said she literally saved his life.

5. Maria Leonovets:

   We drank a lot. We drank and we sang, my throat hurts.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=throat
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Throat
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=throat
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Throat
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/throat
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=throat
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=throat
9. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=throat