Throat vs. Neck

Throatnoun

The front part of the neck.

Throatnoun

The gullet or windpipe.

Throatnoun

A narrow opening in a vessel.

Throatnoun

Station throat.

Throatnoun

The part of a chimney between the gathering, or portion of the funnel which contracts in ascending, and the flue.

Throatnoun

(nautical) The upper fore corner of a boom-and-gaff sail, or of a staysail.

Throatnoun

(nautical) That end of a gaff which is next to the mast.

Throatnoun

(nautical) The angle where the arm of an anchor is joined to the shank.

Throatnoun

(shipbuilding) The inside of a timber knee.

Throatnoun

(botany) The orifice of a tubular organ; the outer end of the tube of a monopetalous corolla; the faux, or fauces.

Throatverb

To utter in or with the throat.

Throatverb

(informal) To take into the throat. deepthroat.}}

Throatverb

To mow (beans, etc.) in a direction against their bending.

Throatnoun

The part of the neck in front of, or ventral to, the vertebral column.

Throatnoun

A contracted portion of a vessel, or of a passage way; as, the throat of a pitcher or vase.

Throatnoun

The part of a chimney between the gathering, or portion of the funnel which contracts in ascending, and the flue.

Throatnoun

The upper fore corner of a boom-and-gaff sail, or of a staysail.

Throatnoun

The inside of a timber knee.

Throatnoun

The orifice of a tubular organ; the outer end of the tube of a monopetalous corolla; the faux, or fauces.

Throatverb

To utter in the throat; to mutter; as, to throat threats.

Throatverb

To mow, as beans, in a direction against their bending.

Throatnoun

the passage to the stomach and lungs; in the front part of the neck below the chin and above the collarbone

Throatnoun

an opening in the vamp of a shoe at the instep

Throatnoun

a passage resembling a throat in shape or function;

Throatnoun

the passage which leads from the back of the mouth of a person or animal

Throatnoun

the front part of a person's or animal's neck

Throatnoun

a voice of a person or a songbird

Throatnoun

a thing compared to a throat, especially a narrow passage, entrance, or exit.

Throatnoun

the forward upper corner of a quadrilateral fore-and-aft sail.

Throat

In vertebrate anatomy, the throat is the front part of the neck, positioned in front of the vertebra. It contains the pharynx and larynx.

Necknoun

(anatomy) The part of body connecting the head and the trunk found in humans and some animals.

Necknoun

The corresponding part in some other anatomical contexts.

Necknoun

The part of a shirt, dress etc., which fits a person's neck.

Necknoun

The tapered part of a bottle toward the opening.

Necknoun

(botany) The slender tubelike extension atop an archegonium, through which the sperm swim to reach the egg.

Necknoun

(music) The extension of any stringed instrument on which a fingerboard is mounted

Necknoun

A long narrow tract of land projecting from the main body, or a narrow tract connecting two larger tracts.

Necknoun

(engineering) A reduction in size near the end of an object, formed by a groove around it.

Necknoun

The constriction between the root and crown of a tooth.

Necknoun

(architecture) The gorgerin of a capital.

Necknoun

(firearms) The small part of a gun between the chase and the swell of the muzzle.

Neckverb

To hang by the neck; strangle; kill, eliminate

Neckverb

To make love; to intently kiss or cuddle; to canoodle.

Neckverb

To drink rapidly.

Neckverb

To decrease in diameter.

Necknoun

The part of an animal which connects the head and the trunk, and which, in man and many other animals, is more slender than the trunk.

Necknoun

Any part of an inanimate object corresponding to or resembling the neck of an animal

Necknoun

A reduction in size near the end of an object, formed by a groove around it; as, a neck forming the journal of a shaft.

Necknoun

the point where the base of the stem of a plant arises from the root.

Neckverb

To reduce the diameter of (an object) near its end, by making a groove around it; - used with down; as, to neck down a shaft.

Neckverb

To kiss and caress amorously.

Necknoun

the part of an organism that connects the head to the rest of the body;

Necknoun

a narrow elongated projecting strip of land

Necknoun

a cut of meat from the neck of an animal

Necknoun

opening for the neck; the part of a garment near the neck opening

Neckverb

kiss, embrace, or fondle with sexual passion;

Necknoun

the part of a person's or animal's body connecting the head to the rest of the body

Necknoun

the part of a garment that is around or close to the neck

Necknoun

meat from an animal's neck

Necknoun

a person's neck regarded as bearing a burden of responsibility or guilt

Necknoun

a narrow connecting or end part of something.

Necknoun

the part of a bottle or other container near the mouth

Necknoun

a narrow piece of land or sea, such as an isthmus or channel

Necknoun

a narrow part near one end of an organ, such as the uterus

Necknoun

the part of a violin, guitar, or other similar instrument that bears the fingerboard.

Necknoun

a column of solidified lava or igneous rock formed in a volcanic vent, especially when exposed by erosion.

Necknoun

a narrow supporting part in a plant, especially the terminal part of the fruiting body in a fern, bryophyte, or fungus.

Necknoun

the length of a horse's head and neck as a measure of its lead in a race

Neckverb

(of two people) kiss and caress amorously

Neckverb

swallow (something, especially a drink)

Neckverb

form a narrowed part at a particular point when subjected to tension

Neck

The neck is the part of the body on many vertebrates that connects the head with the torso and provides the mobility and movements of the head. The structures of the human neck are anatomically grouped into four compartments; vertebral, visceral and two vascular compartments.