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THROAT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The part of an animal's body that corresponds to a person's throat
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("throat" is a kind of...):
external body part (any body part visible externally)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A passage resembling a throat in shape or function
Example:
the throat of a chimney
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("throat" is a kind of...):
passage (a way through or along which someone or something may pass)
Sense 3
Meaning:
An opening in the vamp of a shoe at the instep
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("throat" is a kind of...):
opening (a vacant or unobstructed space that is man-made)
Holonyms ("throat" is a part of...):
shoe (footwear shaped to fit the foot (below the ankle) with a flexible upper of leather or plastic and a sole and heel of heavier material)
Sense 4
Meaning:
The passage to the stomach and lungs; in the front part of the neck below the chin and above the collarbone
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("throat" is a kind of...):
tubular cavity (a cavity having the shape of a tube)
Meronyms (parts of "throat"):
clapper; glossa; lingua; tongue (a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity)
gustatory organ; taste bud; tastebud (an oval sensory end organ on the surface of the tongue)
nasopharynx (cavity forming the upper part of the pharynx)
oropharynx (cavity formed by the pharynx at the back of the mouth)
laryngopharynx (the lower part of the pharynx)
adenoid; Luschka's tonsil; pharyngeal tonsil; third tonsil; tonsilla adenoidea; tonsilla pharyngealis (a collection of lymphatic tissue in the throat behind the uvula (on the posterior wall and roof of the nasopharynx))
pharyngeal recess (a small recess in the wall of the pharynx)
Holonyms ("throat" is a part of...):
upper respiratory tract (the nose and throat and trachea)
alimentary canal; alimentary tract; digestive tract; digestive tube; gastrointestinal tract; GI tract (tubular passage of mucous membrane and muscle extending about 8.3 meters from mouth to anus; functions in digestion and elimination)
cervix; neck (the part of an organism (human or animal) that connects the head to the rest of the body)
Derivation:
throaty (sounding as if pronounced low in the throat)
Context examples:
A question about an individual's mouth or throat sores at its worst.
(Mouth or Throat Sores at its Worst, NCI Thesaurus)
He did not check himself, but drove in upon Spitz, shoulder to shoulder, so hard that he missed the throat.
(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)
For example, a nasogastric tube is inserted through the nose, down the throat and esophagus, and into the stomach.
(Nasogastric, NCI Dictionary)
The upper part of the throat behind the nose.
(Nasopharynx, NCI Dictionary)
The part of the throat at the back of the mouth behind the oral cavity.
(Oropharynx, NCI Dictionary)
Holmes flung open the door and rushed in, but he was out again in an instant, with his hand to his throat.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Following treatment, the researchers examined bacteria samples from the children's nose and throat cavities.
(No benefit to shortening ear infection treatment, NIH)
I distinctly saw his bare throat.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Oh! my dear sir, her throat is so much better that I have hardly any uneasiness about it.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
As to myself, my knees gave way under me, and I found myself on the floor crouching down behind Jim, with a scream frozen in my throat.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
