throat
The front part of the neck.
Noun 4 meanings
The front part of the neck.
“The wild pitch bounced and hit the catcher in the throat.”
The gullet or windpipe.
“As I swallowed I felt something strange in my throat.”
A narrow opening in a vessel.
“The water leaked out from the throat of the bottle.”
The part of a chimney between the gathering, or portion of the funnel which contracts in ascending, and the flue.
Verb 1 meaning
To utter in or with the throat.
“to throat threats”
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”).
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THROAT at a glance
THROAT has 6 letters and scores 9 points in Scrabble (T 1 + H 4 + R 1 + O 1 + A 1 + T 1) and 8 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #4,257 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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