n. That part of an animal's body which is between the head and the trunk and connects these parts.n. Figuratively life, from the breaking or severing of the neck in legal executions: as, to risk one's neck; to save one's neck.n. In entomology:n. The membrane connecting the hard parts of an insect's head with those of the thorax, and visible only when the head is forcibly drawn out.n. The posterior part of the head when this is suddenly narrowed behind the eyes.n. A slender anterior prolongation of the prothorax found in certain Diptera and Hymenoptera.n. In anatomy, a constricted part, or constriction of a part, like or likened to a neck: as, the neck of the thigh-bone; the neck of the bladder; the neck of the uterus. See cut under femur.n. The flesh of the neck and adjoining parts: as, a neck of mutton.n. That part of a thing which corresponds to or resembles the neck of an animal.n. That part of a garment which covers the neck: as, the high neck of a gown.n. The slender upper part of any vessel which has a larger rounded body: as, the neck of a bottle, retort, etc.n. In stringed musical instruments of the viol and lute families, the long slender part extending upward from the body, culminating in the head where the tension is regulated, and bearing in front the finger-board over which the strings (or such of them as are to be stopped) are stretched.n. The part of an axle that passes through the hub of the wheel; also, a diminished part of any shaft resting in a hearing.n. The round shank connecting the blade and the socket of a bayonet.n. The constricted part joining the knob to the breech of a gun.n. The contracted part of a furnace over the bridge, between the stack and the heating- or melting-chamber.n. In printing, the slope between the face and the shoulder of a type. Sometimes called beard.n. In botany:n. In mosses, the collum or tapering base of the capsule.n. In histology, the rim or wall of the archegonium which projects above the prothallium. It rests upon the venter, and is ordinarily composed of four longitudinal rows of cells.n. The filled-up pipe or channel through which volcanic material has found its way upward. In modern volcanic areas the vent through which the lava, cinders, or ashes are ejected and reach the surface is generally concealed from view by the accumulated material which has been thrown out. In eruptive regions belonging to the older geological systems denudation has occasionally removed the overlying debris, so that the connection of the volcanic orifice with the more deep-seated regions can be seen and examined. This is particularly the case in the Carboniferous and Permian volcanic areas of Scotland.n. In the clamp process of brickmaking, one of a series of walls of unburned bricks which together constitute a clamp.n. A small bundle of the best ears of a wheatharvest, used in the ceremony of “crying the neck.”n. As a geographical designation, a corner or triangular district: as, Penn's Neck.n. In surgery, a weak point in the shaft of the bone, a little below the tuberosities: so called from the frequency of fracture at this point.To strangle or behead.To bend down or break off by force of the wind: said of ears of corn.n.
