Gullet

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The esophagus.
  • n. The throat.
  • n. Zoology An invagination into the cytoplasm of certain ciliates, used for food intake.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The throat or esophagus.
  • n. The cytopharynx of a ciliate, through which food is ingested.
  • n. The space between the teeth of a saw blade.
  • n. A channel for water.
  • n. A preparatory cut or channel in excavations, of sufficient width for the passage of earth wagons.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The tube by which food and drink are carried from the pharynx to the stomach; the esophagus.
  • n. Something shaped like the food passage, or performing similar functions.
  • n. A channel for water.
  • n. A preparatory cut or channel in excavations, of sufficient width for the passage of earth wagons.
  • n. A concave cut made in the teeth of some saw blades.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The passage in the neck of an animal by which food and drink pass from the mouth to the stomach; the throat; technically, in anatomy, the esophagus.
  • n. Something resembling the throat in shape, position, or functions.
  • n. A preparatory cut or channel in excavations, of sufficient width to admit of the passage of wagons.
  • n. A peculiar concave cut in the teeth of some saw-blades. See gullet-saw.
  • n. A gore, as in a skirt.
  • n. Part of a hood or cowl.
  • n. A piece of armor for the throat or upper part of the body.
  • n. The lower end of a horse-collar about which pass the choke-strap and breast-strap.
  • n. The arch of a bridge.
  • n. A parcel or lot.
  • n. A fish, the pike.
  • To cut or make gullets in: as, to gullet a saw.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the passage between the pharynx and the stomach
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    Cross Reference
    neck    throat    esophagus    craw    crop   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    gorge    cytopharynx   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    cullet    mullet   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    pharynx    trachea    armpit    salamander    jawline    hopin    maw    'eart    gizzard    plexus