throat en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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- /ˈθɹəʊt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈθɹoʊt/ (General-American)
Etymology
From Middle English throte, from Old English þrote, þrota, þrotu (“throat”), from Proto-West Germanic *þrotu, from Proto-Germanic *þrutō (“throat”), from Proto-Indo-European *trud- (“to swell, become stiff”). Cognate with Dutch strot (“throat”), German Drossel (“throttle, gorge of game (wild animals)”), Faroese troti (“swelling”), Icelandic þroti (“swelling”), Norwegian trut (“mouth”), Swedish trut.
Meanings
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The front part of the neck.
The tale is bookended by battles – faces meatily pummelled, bones crunchily broken and throats spurtingly sliced as offstage conflicts are placed centre-screen.
2015 October 4, Mark Kermode, “Macbeth review – a spittle-flecked Shakespearean war film”, in The Observer:Serene, smiling, enigmatic, she faced him with no fear whatever showing in her dark eyes.[…]She put back a truant curl from her forehead where it had sought egress to the world, and looked him full in the face now, drawing a deep breath which caused the round of her bosom to lift the lace at her throat.
1910, Emerson Hough, chapter 1, in The Purchase Price:KANG: When I take this ship, I'll have Kirk's head stuffed and hung on his cabin wall. // MARA: They will kill us before we can act. // KANG: No, they wish to question us, learn our strength, our plans. They never will. // MARA: We are forty against four hundred. // KLINGON: Four thousand throats may be cut in one night by a running man. // KANG: Patience. Vigilance. They will make a mistake. Capture of the Enterprise will give us knowledge to end this war quickly.
1969, Jerome Bixby, Star Trek episode “Day of the Dove”, Culver City, Calif.: Desilu Studios; distributed by Paramount Television, published 1969:S'fut, thou lieſt in thy throte, thou knevvſt me as vvell as my ſelfe.
1611, George Chapman, May-Day. A Witty Comedie, […], London: […] [William Stansby] for Iohn Brown, […], →OCLC, Act V, page 79:The wild pitch bounced and hit the catcher in the throat.
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The gullet or windpipe.
As I swallowed I felt something strange in my throat.
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A narrow opening in a vessel.
The water leaked out from the throat of the bottle.
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(abbreviation, alt-of) Short for station throat
alt of station throat
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The part of a chimney between the gathering, or portion of the funnel which contracts in ascending, and the flue.
By the throat of a Chimney, I mean the lower extremity of its canal, where it unites with the upper part of its open Fire-place.
1796, Benjamin Count of Rumford, “Of Chimney Fire-places”, in Essays, Political, Economical and Philosophical, page 332:This course of bricks will be upon a level for instance, higher than this part, otherwise the with the top of the door-way left for the chimney throat of the chimney will not be properly form.
1816, Encyclopaedia Perthensis:
- The upper fore corner of a boom-and-gaff sail, or of a staysail.
- That end of a gaff which is next to the mast.
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The angle where the arm of an anchor is joined to the shank.
The shoe iron must then become a mere loose piece of iron, and be found, on the heaving up of the anchor, to have lain on the surface of the soil between it and immediately under the throat of the anchor
1868, “Glover's Safety Anchors”, in Hunt's Yachting Magazine:
- The inside of a timber knee.
- The orifice of a tubular organ; the outer end of the tube of a monopetalous corolla; the faux, or fauces.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| throate | alternative, obsolete | lexicographic | |
| throte | alternative, obsolete | lexicographic | |
| throats | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Antonyms
peak (antonym(s) of “end of a gaff next to the mast”)
Deriveds
climb down someone's throat (Terms derived from throat (noun)) · go for the throat (Terms derived from throat (noun)) · rubythroat (Terms derived from throat (noun)) · throatwort (Terms derived from throat (noun)) · throater (Terms derived from throat (noun)) · ram something down someone's throat (Terms derived from throat (noun)) · throat brail (Terms derived from throat (noun)) · clear one's throat (Terms derived from throat (noun)) · throat sweetbread (Terms derived from throat (noun)) · grab life by the throat (Terms derived from throat (noun)) · throat paint (Terms derived from throat (noun)) · throat distemper (Terms derived from throat (noun)) · throatache (Terms derived from throat (noun)) · throat latch (Terms derived from throat (noun)) · bluethroat (Terms derived from throat (noun)) · one throat to choke (Terms derived from throat (noun)) · forethroat (Terms derived from throat (noun)) · lie in one's throat (Terms derived from throat (noun)) · frog in one's throat (Terms derived from throat (noun)) · throat sweet (Terms derived from throat (noun)) · strep throat (Terms derived from throat (noun)) · yellowthroat (Terms derived from throat (noun)) · station throat (Terms derived from throat (noun)) · at someone's throat (Terms derived from throat (noun)) · red-throat (Terms derived from throat (noun)) · force something down someone's throat (Terms derived from throat (noun)) · throat-bolt (Terms derived from throat (noun)) · stipplethroat (Terms derived from throat (noun)) · throatlatch (Terms derived from throat (noun)) · have a frog in one's throat (Terms derived from throat (noun)) · throatful (Terms derived from throat (noun)) · lump in one's throat (Terms derived from throat (noun)) · one's belly thinks one's throat has been cut (Terms derived from throat (noun)) · throat lolly (Terms derived from throat (noun)) · throat goat (Terms derived from throat (noun)) · thrussy (Terms derived from throat (noun)) · bone in the throat (Terms derived from throat (noun)) · barbthroat (Terms derived from throat (noun)) · tongue long enough to cut one's throat (Terms derived from throat (noun)) · throat-boll (Terms derived from throat (noun)) · shove something down someone's throat (Terms derived from throat (noun)) · throatplate (Terms derived from throat (noun)) · cut one's own throat (Terms derived from throat (noun)) · throat fucking (Terms derived from throat (noun)) · bring a lump to someone's throat (Terms derived from throat (noun)) · throat lozenge (Terms derived from throat (noun)) · tongue long enough to cut one's own throat (Terms derived from throat (noun)) · redthroat (Terms derived from throat (noun)) · deep-throat (Terms derived from throat (noun)) · deep throat (Terms derived from throat (noun)) · cut-throat razor (Terms derived from throat (noun)) · black-throat (Terms derived from throat (noun)) · force down someone's throat (Terms derived from throat (noun)) · throat singing (Terms derived from throat (noun)) · cut someone's throat (Terms derived from throat (noun)) · tear-throat (Terms derived from throat (noun)) · full-throated (Terms derived from throat (noun)) · firethroat (Terms derived from throat (noun)) · dapple-throat (Terms derived from throat (noun)) · throatal (Terms derived from throat (noun)) · cut-throat (Terms derived from throat (noun)) · clergyman's throat (Terms derived from throat (noun)) · one-throat (Terms derived from throat (noun)) · deepthroat (Terms derived from throat (noun)) · cut throat (Terms derived from throat (noun)) · throatless (Terms derived from throat (noun)) · throatband (Terms derived from throat (noun)) · clergyman's sore throat (Terms derived from throat (noun)) · stick in someone's throat (Terms derived from throat (noun)) · slit someone's throat (Terms derived from throat (noun)) · throatlet (Terms derived from throat (noun)) · lump to one's throat (Terms derived from throat (noun)) · starthroat (Terms derived from throat (noun)) · Deep Throat (Terms derived from throat (noun)) · spot-throat (Terms derived from throat (noun)) · give one the lie in one's throat (Terms derived from throat (noun)) · stick in one's throat (Terms derived from throat (noun)) · go down the wrong throat (Terms derived from throat (noun)) · throaty (Terms derived from throat (noun)) · throat halyard (Terms derived from throat (noun)) · sore throat (Terms derived from throat (noun)) · cutthroat (Terms derived from throat (noun)) · whitethroat (Terms derived from throat (noun)) · jump down someone's throat (Terms derived from throat (noun)) · throat-deep (Terms derived from throat (noun)) · one's stomach thinks one's throat has been cut (Terms derived from throat (noun)) · leap down someone's throat (Terms derived from throat (noun)) · throat microphone (Terms derived from throat (noun)) · blackthroat (Terms derived from throat (noun)) · one's heart in one's throat (Terms derived from throat (noun)) · throat back (Terms derived from throat (noun)) · give someone the lie in their throat (Terms derived from throat (noun)) · throatward (Terms derived from throat (noun))
Relateds
Synonyms
neck (narrow opening in a vessel) · trachea (windpipe) · esophagus (gullet) · gullet (gullet) · windpipe (windpipe) · bottleneck (narrow opening in a vessel) · oesophagus (gullet)
Translations (331)
sh гу̏ша (gullet or windpipe) · la guttur (gullet or windpipe) · zza qırıq (gullet or windpipe) · grc φάρυγξ (front part of the neck) · egy H-t-i-i-t-F10-F51 (gullet or windpipe) · haw puʻu (front part of the neck) · km គ្រសនី (gullet or windpipe) · sv flaskhals (narrow opening in a vessel) · alt тамак (front part of the neck) · arn peŀ (gullet or windpipe) · txb ṣankw (gullet or windpipe) · et kael (narrow opening in a vessel) · cv пыр (front part of the neck) · sa गल (front part of the neck) · de Kehle (gullet or windpipe) · ltg gerkle (front part of the neck) · nn hals (gullet or windpipe) · ajp حلق (front part of the neck) · unm kwëntakàn (gullet or windpipe) · la gula (front part of the neck) · scn cannarozzu (front part of the neck) · ss umphimbo (front part of the neck) · sl grlo (front part of the neck) · nn svelg (gullet or windpipe) · gl gorxa (front part of the neck) · lo ລຳຄໍ (front part of the neck) · os хъуыр (front part of the neck) · ca gola (front part of the neck) · ilo karabukob (front part of the neck) · ota بوغاز (gullet or windpipe) · haw kaniʻāʻī (front part of the neck) · rgn gôla (front part of the neck) · fo hálsur (front part of the neck) · pt garganta (front part of the neck) · acm زردوم (front part of the neck) · arz حنجرة (front part of the neck) · ga scóig (narrow opening in a vessel) · gl garganta (gullet or windpipe) · nn hals (front part of the neck) · vo gug (front part of the neck) · uz boʻgʻoz (front part of the neck) · bo མགུལ (front part of the neck) · es gorja (front part of the neck) · ko 목구멍 (gullet or windpipe) · rif tmijja (gullet or windpipe) · sq fyt (front part of the neck) · akk 𒍣 (front part of the neck) · yo ọ̀nà-ọ̀fun (front part of the neck) · ky богуз (front part of the neck) · lv kakliņš (narrow opening in a vessel) · la guttur (front part of the neck) · hu torok (front part of the neck) · orv гърло (front part of the neck) · fy kiel (front part of the neck) · acw حَلْق (front part of the neck) · gsw Chrache (front part of the neck) · kmr gewrî (front part of the neck) · id tekak (front part of the neck) · bg гу́ша (front part of the neck) · bo སྐེ་མདུན (front part of the neck) · ka ყელი (front part of the neck) · dlm gaula (front part of the neck) · zza qır (front part of the neck) · haw puanaʻī (front part of the neck) · nn strupe (gullet or windpipe) · alt боос (front part of the neck) · da svælg (gullet or windpipe) · ceb tutunlan (front part of the neck) · nb strupe (gullet or windpipe) · bkd bakeleng (front part of the neck) · wrh gadhaay (front part of the neck) · da hals (narrow opening in a vessel) · es cuello (narrow opening in a vessel) · hsb hordło (front part of the neck) · qu kunka (front part of the neck) · ga craos (the part of a chimney between the gathering and the flue) · ru го́рло (gullet or windpipe) · ko 멱살 (front part of the neck) · de Flaschenhals (narrow opening in a vessel) · et kõri (gullet or windpipe) · bn ওলকম (gullet or windpipe) · sv hals (gullet or windpipe) · ml തൊണ്ട (front part of the neck) · ru го́рло (front part of the neck) · evn моңон (front part of the neck) · vi họng (front part of the neck) · ltg reikle (front part of the neck) · te గొంతు (front part of the neck) · kum тамакъ (front part of the neck) · bho गला (front part of the neck) · qu tuncuri (gullet or windpipe) · qu tunqori (gullet or windpipe) · prs گُلُو (gullet or windpipe) · la gula (gullet or windpipe) · sk hrdlo (narrow opening in a vessel) · ky тамак (front part of the neck) · sw koo (gullet or windpipe) · oj ingondashkway (gullet or windpipe) · dsb gjardło (front part of the neck) · haw puʻumoni (front part of the neck) · jje 모감지 (front part of the neck) · sh gȕša (front part of the neck) · el λαιμός (gullet or windpipe) · oc garganta (front part of the neck) · bo སྐེ (front part of the neck) · bg ши́я (front part of the neck) · sk hrdlo (front part of the neck) · bn ওলকম (front part of the neck) · toi amoyo (front part of the neck) · ug تاماق (front part of the neck) · bth gunggong (front part of the neck) · hy կոկորդ (gullet or windpipe) · kn ಗೋಣು (front part of the neck) · tk damak (front part of the neck) · ckb قورگ (front part of the neck) · njo-jgl terok (gullet or windpipe) · ota بوغاز (narrow opening in a vessel) · mr कंठ (front part of the neck) · dsb gjardło (gullet or windpipe) · ja 喉 (front part of the neck) · as গল (front part of the neck) · ru гло́тка (front part of the neck) · pa ਸੰਘ (front part of the neck) · de Hals (narrow opening in a vessel) · tk bokurdak (front part of the neck) · ko 멱 (front part of the neck) · pt garganta (gullet or windpipe) · ota بوغاز (front part of the neck) · uz tomoq (front part of the neck) · cu гръло (front part of the neck) · za lajhoz (front part of the neck) · es garganta (gullet or windpipe) · be го́рла (front part of the neck) · ckb گەلوو (front part of the neck) · aer ahentye (front part of the neck) · mt gerżuma (front part of the neck) · es gorja (gullet or windpipe) · te గొంతు (gullet or windpipe) · km បំពង់ក (front part of the neck) · mg tenda (front part of the neck) · he גָּרוֹן (front part of the neck) · njo-jgl terok (front part of the neck) · ar حُلْقُوم (front part of the neck) · es garganta (front part of the neck) · cs hrdlo (gullet or windpipe) · ta தொண்டை (front part of the neck) · ruo bericåtĕ (front part of the neck) · de Kehle (front part of the neck) · pl gardło (front part of the neck) · bg гърловина (narrow opening in a vessel) · ryu 喉 (front part of the neck) · ru го́рлышко (narrow opening in a vessel) · grc λαιμός (gullet or windpipe) · arz زور (front part of the neck) · acw زور (front part of the neck) · nb hals (front part of the neck) · uz boʻgʻiz (front part of the neck) · it gola (front part of the neck) · ar حَلْق (front part of the neck) · nv adáyiʼ (gullet or windpipe) · mww hlab pas (gullet or windpipe) · sh gȑlo (gullet or windpipe) · fr gorge (front part of the neck) · gd sgòrnan (front part of the neck) · fy strôt (gullet or windpipe) · kmr hefik (front part of the neck) · da hals (gullet or windpipe) · mr नरडे (front part of the neck) · vec goła (front part of the neck) · af keel (front part of the neck) · sv hals (front part of the neck) · chr ᎠᏴᏤᏂ (front part of the neck) · ur گَلا (front part of the neck) · sq grykë (front part of the neck) · ur گُلُو (front part of the neck) · el λαιμός (front part of the neck) · txb kor (gullet or windpipe) · es tráquea (gullet or windpipe) · nb svelg (gullet or windpipe) · cs krk (gullet or windpipe) · sh ду̀шнӣк (gullet or windpipe) · sh gȕša (gullet or windpipe) · mr गळा (front part of the neck) · sah күөмэй (front part of the neck) · bcl halunan (gullet or windpipe) · tg гулӯ (front part of the neck) · sv strupe (front part of the neck) · vec gola (front part of the neck) · ms tekak (front part of the neck) · ms kerongkong (front part of the neck) · ivv tetehnan (front part of the neck) · fa-ira گَلو (front part of the neck) · bo མིད་པ (gullet or windpipe) · hi गला (front part of the neck) · lt gerklė (front part of the neck) · oc gargamèla (front part of the neck) · orv горло (front part of the neck) · fa-ira گَلو (gullet or windpipe) · prs گُلُون (front part of the neck) · fy kiel (gullet or windpipe) · gl garganta (front part of the neck) · tk bokyrdak (front part of the neck) · prs گُلُون (gullet or windpipe) · sh gr̀līć (narrow opening in a vessel) · fi kurkku (front part of the neck) · wyi gurn (front part of the neck) · ne घाँटी (front part of the neck) · gd sgòrnan (gullet or windpipe) · sa कण्ठ (gullet or windpipe) · rsk гарло (gullet or windpipe) · az boğaz (front part of the neck) · nb hals (gullet or windpipe) · km បំពង់កក្នុង (gullet or windpipe) · cy gwddf (front part of the neck) · sh гу̏ша (front part of the neck) · nl keel (front part of the neck) · nb strupe (front part of the neck) · hy կոկորդ (front part of the neck) · ba тамаҡ (front part of the neck) · ga scornach (front part of the neck) · id tenggorok (front part of the neck) · nrf gorge (front part of the neck) · tt бугаз (front part of the neck) · ps رغندى (front part of the neck) · nb hals (narrow opening in a vessel) · fur gole (front part of the neck) · ur حَلْق (front part of the neck) · ja 喉 (gullet or windpipe) · unm kwëntakàn (front part of the neck) · bo ལྐོག་མ (gullet or windpipe) · arz حلق (front part of the neck) · ast gargüelu (front part of the neck) · nap cannarone (front part of the neck) · prs گُلو (front part of the neck) · tk bogaz (front part of the neck) · lv rīkle (front part of the neck) · rif tmijja (front part of the neck) · el τραχεία (gullet or windpipe) · sh гр̏ло (front part of the neck) · cmn 喉嚨 /喉咙 (gullet or windpipe) · bg гъ́рло (gullet or windpipe) · rap ŋuruhara (front part of the neck) · haw puʻumoniʻai (front part of the neck) · bn হলকুম (front part of the neck) · ky булуң (front part of the neck) · prs گُلو (gullet or windpipe) · fr goulot (narrow opening in a vessel) · bg гръкля́н (gullet or windpipe) · uz halqum (front part of the neck) · eve билга (front part of the neck) · et kurk (front part of the neck) · pt gargalo (narrow opening in a vessel) · sh гр̀лӣћ (narrow opening in a vessel) · ga craos foirnéise (the part of a chimney between the gathering and the flue) · sh gȑlo (front part of the neck) · nl hals (narrow opening in a vessel) · gld билга (front part of the neck) · cmn 嗓子 (front part of the neck) · za conghhoz (gullet or windpipe) · vi cuống họng (front part of the neck) · cs hrdlo (front part of the neck) · mww caj pas (front part of the neck) · uk го́рло (front part of the neck) · mww qa (gullet or windpipe) · sxr tarunga (front part of the neck) · bn গলা (front part of the neck) · mn хоолой (front part of the neck) · mfe lagorz (front part of the neck) · kmr qirik (front part of the neck) · gl gorxa (gullet or windpipe) · scn ula (front part of the neck) · sh гр̏ло (gullet or windpipe) · sh gȑlo (narrow opening in a vessel) · fy strôt (front part of the neck) · mww qhov qa (front part of the neck) · ro gât (narrow opening in a vessel) · tyv боостаа (gullet or windpipe) · nan-hbl 嚨喉 /咙喉 (gullet or windpipe) · my လည်ချောင်း (front part of the neck) · bcl halunan (front part of the neck) · da hals (front part of the neck) · ps حلق (front part of the neck) · mk грло (front part of the neck) · mnc ᠪᡳᠯᡥᠠ (front part of the neck) · cmn 喉嚨 /喉咙 (front part of the neck) · prs گُلُو (front part of the neck) · tew kʼépho (gullet or windpipe) · ko 목 (narrow opening in a vessel) · sh gȑk (front part of the neck) · ru го́рло (narrow opening in a vessel) · ro gât (gullet or windpipe) · ro gât (front part of the neck) · wym gügl (front part of the neck) · de Rachen (gullet or windpipe) · sh гр̀кљан (front part of the neck) · kk тамақ (front part of the neck) · sh гр̏ло (narrow opening in a vessel) · sip སྐོསམ (gullet or windpipe) · yo ọ̀fun (front part of the neck) · txb kor (front part of the neck) · ccc nu'pijkaplejcha (front part of the neck) · fi kaula (narrow opening in a vessel) · nn strupe (front part of the neck) · za hoz (gullet or windpipe) · ca gola (gullet or windpipe) · ang wāsend (gullet or windpipe) · tr boğaz (front part of the neck) · wrh gaddai (front part of the neck) · shu حلقوم (front part of the neck) · is háls (front part of the neck) · ab ахәламшәа (front part of the neck) · sv hals (narrow opening in a vessel) · fi kurkku (gullet or windpipe) · th ลำคอ (front part of the neck) · ckb گەروو (front part of the neck) · yue 喉嚨 /喉咙 (gullet or windpipe) · tl lalamunan (front part of the neck) · sh гр̏к (front part of the neck) · xsv gurkle (front part of the neck) · nl keel (gullet or windpipe) · rsk гарло (front part of the neck) · ang þrote (front part of the neck) · ay mallq'a (gullet or windpipe) · mr घसा (front part of the neck) · eo gorĝo (front part of the neck) · sh gr̀kljan (front part of the neck) · zu umphimbo (front part of the neck) · txb ṣankw (front part of the neck) · tyv боостаа (front part of the neck) · sh dùšnīk (gullet or windpipe) · nv ayaayááh (front part of the neck)