A hollow muscular organ of the neck of mammals situated just below where the tract of the pharynx splits into the trachea and the oesophagus. It is involved in breath control and protection of the trachea, and, because it houses the vocal cords, sound production.
Meronyms: epilarynx, hypolarynx, orolarynx
The orifice of a tubular organ; the outer end of the tube of a monopetalous corolla; the faux, or fauces.
A narrow opening in a vessel.
The front part of the neck.
Station throat.
The inside of a timber knee.
The upper fore corner of a boom-and-gaff sail, or of a staysail.
That end of a gaff which is next to the mast.
The angle where the arm of an anchor is joined to the shank.
The part of a chimney between the gathering, or portion of the funnel which contracts in ascending, and the flue.
The gullet or windpipe.
To utter in or with the throat.
to throat threats
To take into the throat. (Compare deepthroat.)