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View synonyms for gullet
gullet
[ guhl-it ]
noun
- the esophagus.
- the throat or pharynx.
- a channel for water.
- a gully or ravine.
- a preparatory cut in an excavation.
- a concavity between two sawteeth, joining them at their bases.
verb (used with object)
- to form a concavity at the base of (a sawtooth).
gullet
/ ˈɡʌlɪt /
noun
- a less formal name for the oesophagus oesophageal
- the throat or pharynx
- mining quarrying a preliminary cut in excavating, wide enough to take the vehicle that removes the earth
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of gullet1
C14: from Old French goulet, diminutive of goule throat, from Latin gula throat
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Example Sentences
The blade of mine has been dulled on the gullet of that old Saracen yonder with the white beard.
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From the eastern gullet where he was, he could not see the sloop on account of the sharp turns of the pass.
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To prevent the water rushing into its throat as it skims the surface with its beak, the bird is provided with a very small gullet.
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The cilia also send particles of food into a funnel-like opening, the gullet, on one side of the cell.
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The gullet widens almost at once into a long stomach, which in turn leads into a much coiled intestine.
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