throat
Meaning of throat
noun
- the passage which leads from the back of the mouth of a person or animal.
her throat was parched with thirst
he's pouring beer down his throat
Old English throte, throtu, of Germanic origin; related to German Drossel . Compare with throttle.
Information about throat
- It is a name.
- The plural form of throat is: throats.
- Languages in which throat is used:
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Hyphenation of throat
throat
- It consists of 1 syllables and 6 chars.
- throat is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
throat synonyms
Meaning pharynx:
Meaning the passage by which food passes from the mouth to the stomach; the oesophagus:
Meaning the part of the alimentary canal which connects the throat to the stomach. In humans and other vertebrates it is a muscular tube lined with mucous membrane:
Meaning the air passage from the throat to the lungs; the trachea:
Meaning a large membranous tube reinforced by rings of cartilage, extending from the larynx to the bronchial tubes and conveying air to and from the lungs; the windpipe:
Meaning a pouch in a bird's gullet where food is stored or prepared for digestion:
Meaning the crop of a bird or insect:
Meaning the mouth or gullet of a greedy person:
Meaning the part of a person's or animal's body connecting the head to the rest of the body:
Meaning the part of the pharynx that lies between the soft palate and the hyoid bone:
Meaning the arched opening at the back of the mouth leading to the pharynx:
Meaning an article of clothing that covered the throat:
Meaning a device controlling the flow of fuel or power to an engine:
Meaning a narrow valley between hills or mountains, typically with steep rocky walls and a stream running through it:
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Words that rhyme with throat
Croat, croat, demigroat, groat, shovegroat, slidegroat, ashthroat, bluethroat, broadthroat, cutthroat, lilacthroat, redthroat, rubythroat, starthroat, tearthroat, whitethroat, yellowthroat, sproat, troat
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