Meaning

6 senses
  1. The throat or esophagus.

    Speiseröhre

    пищево́дpiščevód

    стравохі́дstravoxíd

  2. The cytopharynx of a ciliate, through which food is ingested.

  3. The space between the teeth of a saw blade.

  4. A channel for water.

  5. A preparatory cut or channel in excavations, of sufficient width for the passage of earth wagons.

  6. The wide space under the pommel of a saddle; the hollow over the withers of a saddled animal.

More definitions
  • the passage between the pharynx and the stomach

Examples

3 sentences
  1. The pelican opened its beak and let the fish slide down its gullet.

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  2. Tom poured the last of the coffee down his gullet and hurried out the door.

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  3. You could see the oblong shape of the rat as it passed down the snake's gullet.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
the throat or esophagus:
Русский
By meaning 1
the throat or esophagus:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
the throat or esophagus:

Origin

From Middle English golet, borrowed from Old French goulet, from Latin gula.

From Middle English golet, borrowed from Old French goulet, from Latin gula.

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Forms

plural: gullets
Singulargullet
Pluralgullets

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
throat or esophagus:gorgeB2
cytopharynx:cytopharynx
Close in meaning

Word family

8 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
gullet — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto