throat
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throat/θrəʊt/
▶noun
- 1 the passage which leads from the back of the mouth of a person or animal.
■ the front part of the neck.
- 2 literary a voice of a person or a songbird.
- 3 Sailing the forward upper corner of a quadrilateral fore-and-aft sail.
– phrases
be at each other's throats quarrel or fight.
force something down someone's throat force something on a person's attention.
stick in one's throat be unwelcome or unacceptable.
be at each other's throats quarrel or fight.
force something down someone's throat force something on a person's attention.
stick in one's throat be unwelcome or unacceptable.
– derivatives
-throated adjective.
-throated adjective.
'throat' also found in these Oxford entries:
Adam's apple
- adenoids
- angina
- anole
- bearded dragon
- bluethroat
- bobwhite
- bolo tie
- catarrh
- choke
- cirl bunting
- close
- coal tit
- cold
- craw
- cut-throat
- cut-throat razor
- death rattle
- deep throat
- dewlap
- dickcissel
- diphtheria
- disgorge
- disgorger
- dysphonia
- engorge
- ENT
- expectorate
- fauces
- frog
- garget
- gargle
- gargoyle
- gland
- glutton
- gobble
- goitre
- gorge
- gorget
- growl
- gular
- gules
- gullet
- gum
- guttural
- guzzle
- harrumph
- hawk
- hem
- jugular
