gullet
The throat or esophagusThe throat or esophagus.
» The pelican opened its beak and let the fish slide down its gullet.
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6 sensesThe throat or esophagus.
Speiseröhre
пищево́дpiščevód
стравохі́дstravoxíd
The cytopharynx of a ciliate, through which food is ingested.
The space between the teeth of a saw blade.
A channel for water.
A preparatory cut or channel in excavations, of sufficient width for the passage of earth wagons.
The wide space under the pommel of a saddle; the hollow over the withers of a saddled animal.
- the passage between the pharynx and the stomach
Examples
3 sentencesThe pelican opened its beak and let the fish slide down its gullet.
Tom poured the last of the coffee down his gullet and hurried out the door.
You could see the oblong shape of the rat as it passed down the snake's gullet.
Translations
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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: gulletsSynonyms
4 synonyms- the passage between the pharynx and the stomach:esophagusoesophagusgorge