The meaning of Throat

noun

The crop of a bird or insect.

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Life, when it landed here, arrived only through powerful stamina or spectacular accident: a fern's …

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A cultivated plant that is grown on a large scale commercially, especially a cereal, fruit, or vegetable.

Usage examples:

The main crops were oats and barley

verb

Cut (something, especially a person's hair) very short.

Usage examples:

She cropped her long golden hair

verb

Short for riding crop or hunting crop.

plural noun

The arched opening at the back of the mouth leading to the pharynx.

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Examination of the fauces and throat swab should therefore be routine for all children presenting w…

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The narrow passage from the mouth to the throat that is between the soft palate (= the soft tissue that forms the top of the mouth at the back) and the base of the tongue

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Inspection of tonsils and fauces should be done to check for ulcers., the fauces symptoms include i…

noun

A narrow valley between hills or mountains, typically with steep rocky walls and a stream running through it.

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Their great pale grey slopes are breached all along the coast by a number of steep, rocky gorges wi…

verb

Eat a large amount greedily; fill oneself with food.

Usage examples:

They gorged themselves on cornish cream teas

noun

A deep, narrow valley with steep sides, usually formed by a river or stream cutting through rock

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The only way to cross the gorge was over a flimsy wooden bridge., [ t ] she sat in front of the tel…

noun

An article of clothing that covered the throat.

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The gorget, or throat- piece, originated upon the continent, and seems to have been of linen; it wa…

noun

The passage by which food passes from the mouth to the stomach; the oesophagus.

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It's the gullet or oesophagus, the corridor passing from the mouth to the stomach.

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The tube that food travels down in the body from the mouth to the stomach

noun

The jaws or throat of a voracious animal.

Usage examples:

A gigantic wolfhound with a fearful, gaping maw

noun

The part of a person's or animal's body connecting the head to the rest of the body.

Usage examples:

She had a silver crucifix around her neck

verb

(of two people) kiss and caress amorously.

Usage examples:

We started necking on the sofa

noun

The part of the body that joins the head to the shoulders

Usage examples:

She rubbed her neck., his shirt was open at the neck., a vase with a long neck

noun

The part of the alimentary canal which connects the throat to the stomach. in humans and other vertebrates it is a muscular tube lined with mucous membrane.

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Inlet patch is a congenital anomaly of the cervical esophagus consisting of gastric mucosa.

noun

The tube in the body that takes food from the mouth to the stomach

noun

The part of the pharynx that lies between the soft palate and the hyoid bone.

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Changes in the mucosa of the oropharynx, including dry cracked lips or strawberry tongue

noun

The membrane-lined cavity behind the nose and mouth, connecting them to the oesophagus.

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As specialists, we visualise the pharynx and upper oesophagus with mirrors and a flexible laryngosc…

noun

The soft part at the top of the throat which connects the mouth and nose to the throat

noun

A device controlling the flow of fuel or power to an engine.

Usage examples:

The engines were at full throttle

verb

Attack or kill (someone) by choking or strangling them.

Usage examples:

She was sorely tempted to throttle him

noun

A device that controls how much fuel goes into an engine

Usage examples:

I’m so mad i could throttle him.

noun

A large membranous tube reinforced by rings of cartilage, extending from the larynx to the bronchial tubes and conveying air to and from the lungs; the windpipe.

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The conducting portion of the respiratory system includes the nasal cavity, paranasal sinuses, naso…

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The tube that carries air from your throat to your lungs

noun

The air passage from the throat to the lungs; the trachea.

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The windpipe is connected to each lung by a large airway called the bronchus.

noun

The tube in the body that carries air that has been breathed in from the upper end of the throat to the lungs