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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

THROAT, n.
1. The anterior part of the neck of an animal, in which are the gullet and windpipe, or the passages for the food and breath.
In medicine, the fauces; all that hollow or cavity which may be seen when the mouth is wide open.
2. In seamen's language, that end of a gaff which is next the mast.
3. In ship-building, the inside of the knee-timber at the middle or turns of the arms; also, the inner part of the arms of an anchor where they join the shank; and the middle part of a floor-timber.
Throat-brails, brails attached to the gaff, close to the mast.
Throat-halliards, are those that raise the throat of the gaff.
THROAT, v.t. To mow beans in a direction against their bending. [Local.]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the passage to the stomach and lungs; in the front part of the neck below the chin and above the collarbone [syn: throat, pharynx]
2: an opening in the vamp of a shoe at the instep
3: a passage resembling a throat in shape or function; "the throat of the vase"; "the throat of a chimney";
4: the part of an animal's body that corresponds to a person's throat

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: Middle English throte, from Old English; akin to Old High German drozza throat Date: before 12th century 1. a. (1) the part of the neck in front of the spinal column (2) the passage through the neck to the stomach and lungs b. (1) voice (2) the seat of the voice 2. something resembling the throat especially in being an entrance, a passageway, a construction, or a narrowed part: as a. the orifice of a tubular organ especially of a plant b. the opening in the vamp of a shoe at the instep c. the part of a tennis racket that connects the head with the shaft 3. the curved part of an anchor's arm where it joins the shank — see anchor illustration II. transitive verb Date: circa 1611 1. to utter in the throat ; mutter 2. to sing or enunciate in a throaty voice

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 a the windpipe or gullet. b the front part of the neck containing this. 2 literary a a voice, esp. of a songbird. b a thing compared to a throat, esp. a narrow passage, entrance, or exit. 3 Naut. the forward upper corner of a fore-and-aft sail. Phrases and idioms: cut one's own throat bring about one's own downfall. ram (or thrust) down a person's throat force (a thing) on a person's attention. Derivatives: -throated adj. (in comb.). Etymology: OE throte, throtu f. Gmc

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Throat Throat, v. t. 1. To utter in the throat; to mutter; as, to throat threats. [Obs.] --Chapman. 2. To mow, as beans, in a direction against their bending. [Prov. Eng.]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Throat Throat (thr[=o]t), n. [OE. throte, AS. [thorn]rote, [thorn]rotu; akin to OHG. drozza, G. drossel; cf. OFries. & D. stort. Cf. Throttle.] 1. (Anat.) (a) The part of the neck in front of, or ventral to, the vertebral column. (b) Hence, the passage through it to the stomach and lungs; the pharynx; -- sometimes restricted to the fauces. I can vent clamor from my throat. --Shak. 2. A contracted portion of a vessel, or of a passage way; as, the throat of a pitcher or vase. 3. (Arch.) The part of a chimney between the gathering, or portion of the funnel which contracts in ascending, and the flue. --Gwilt. 4. (Naut.) (a) The upper fore corner of a boom-and-gaff sail, or of a staysail. (b) That end of a gaff which is next the mast. (c) The angle where the arm of an anchor is joined to the shank. --Totten. 5. (Shipbuilding) The inside of a timber knee. 6. (Bot.) The orifice of a tubular organ; the outer end of the tube of a monopetalous corolla; the faux, or fauces. Throat brails (Naut.), brails attached to the gaff close to the mast. Throat halyards (Naut.), halyards that raise the throat of the gaff. Throat pipe (Anat.), the windpipe, or trachea. To give one the lie in his throat, to accuse one pointedly of lying abominably. To lie in one's throat, to lie flatly or abominably.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(throats) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. Your throat is the back of your mouth and the top part of the tubes that go down into your stomach and your lungs. She had a sore throat... As she stared at him she felt her throat go dry. N-COUNT: oft poss N 2. Your throat is the front part of your neck. His striped tie was loosened at his throat. N-COUNT: oft poss N 3. If you clear your throat, you cough once in order to make it easier to speak or to attract people's attention. Cross cleared his throat and spoke in low, polite tones. PHRASE: V inflects 4. If you ram something down someone's throat or force it down their throat, you keep mentioning a situation or idea in order to make them accept it or believe it. I've always been close to my dad but he's never rammed his career down my throat... PHRASE: V inflects 5. If two people or groups are at each other's throats, they are quarrelling or fighting violently with each other. The idea that Billy and I are at each other's throats couldn't be further from the truth. PHRASE: v-link PHR, PHR after v 6. If something sticks in your throat, you find it unacceptable. What sticks in my throat is that I wasn't able to win the trophy... PHRASE: V inflects 7. a lump in your throat: see lump

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. 1. Pharynx, swallow, gullet, aesophagus. 2. (Bot.) Faux.

Moby Thesaurus

bottleneck, canal, channel, defile, esophagus, fauces, goozle, gorge, gullet, guzzle, hals, isthmus, narrow, narrows, neck, pass, pharynx, strait, weasand, wizen