throate

Noun

throat (plural throats)

1. The front part of the neck.
   • The wild pitch bounced and hit the catcher in the throat.
2. The gullet or windpipe.
   • As I swallowed I felt something strange in my throat.

   Synonyms:

   esophagus, gullet, oesophagus, trachea, windpipe

3. A narrow opening in a vessel.
   • The water leaked out from the throat of the bottle.

   Synonyms:

   neck, bottleneck

4. 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
5. The upper fore corner of a boom-and-gaff sail, or of a staysail.
6. That end of a gaff which is next to the mast.

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