kneck

Noun

neck (plural necks)

1. The part of the body connecting the head and the trunk found in humans and some animals.
   • Giraffes have long necks.

   Synonyms:

   scrag

2. The corresponding part in some other anatomical contexts.
3. The part of a shirt, dress etc., which fits a person's neck.
4. The tapered part of a bottle toward the opening.
5. The slender tubelike extension atop an archegonium, through which the sperm swim to reach the egg.
   • Archegonia are surrounded early in their development by the juvenile perianth, through the slender beak of which the elongated neck of the fertilized archegonium protrudes.1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page 5
6. The extension of any stringed instrument on which a fingerboard is mounted

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