Gullet

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  • noun. The esophagus.
  • noun. The throat.
  • noun. An invagination into the cytoplasm of certain ciliates, used for food intake.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To cut or make gullets in: as, to gullet a saw.
  • noun. The passage in the neck of an animal by which food and drink pass from the mouth to the stomach; the throat; technically, in anatomy, the esophagus.
  • noun. Something resembling the throat in shape, position, or functions.
  • noun. A preparatory cut or channel in excavations, of sufficient width to admit of the passage of wagons.
  • noun. A peculiar concave cut in the teeth of some saw-blades. See gullet-saw.
  • noun. A gore, as in a skirt.
  • noun. Part of a hood or cowl.
  • noun. A piece of armor for the throat or upper part of the body.
  • noun. The lower end of a horse-collar about which pass the choke-strap and breast-strap.
  • noun. The arch of a bridge.
  • noun. A parcel or lot.
  • noun. A fish, the pike.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The tube by which food and drink are carried from the pharynx to the stomach; the esophagus.
  • noun. Something shaped like the food passage, or performing similar functions.
  • noun. A channel for water.
  • noun. A preparatory cut or channel in excavations, of sufficient width for the passage of earth wagons.
  • noun. A concave cut made in the teeth of some saw blades.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The throat or esophagus.
  • noun. The cytopharynx of a ciliate, through which food is ingested.
  • noun. The space between the teeth of a saw blade.
  • noun. A channel for water.
  • noun. A preparatory cut or channel in excavations, of sufficient width for the passage of earth wagons.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. the passage between the pharynx and the stomach
  • Word Usage
    "_Impaction of foreign bodies_; _Compression of the gullet from without_; _Spasm of the muscular coat_; _Cardiospasm_; _Paralysis of the gullet_; _Diverticula_ or _pouches of the gullet_;"
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    craw  crop  esophagus  neck  throat  
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    cullet  mullet  
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    'eart  air  armpit  gizzard  hopin  
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