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noun
1.
the esophagus.
2.
the throat or pharynx.
3.
a channel for water.
4.
a gully or ravine.
5.
EXPANDa preparatory cut in an excavation.
6.
COLLAPSEa concavity between two sawteeth, joining them at their bases.
verb (used with object)
7.
to form a concavity at the base of (a sawtooth).
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Gullet
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| to spend time idly; loaf. |
| to steal or take dishonestly (money, esp. public funds, or property entrusted to one's care); embezzle. |
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Example Sentences
- It was so cold down there, you couldn't shove a shell into the gullet of a piece of artillery or a missile into a silo.
- Now's your chance to give us a bib and cram your greasy photos down our gullet.
- If you drink it, it will corrode your gullet before it poisons you.
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| gullet (ˈɡʌlɪt) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a less formal name for the oesophagus Related: oesophageal |
| 2. | the throat or pharynx |
| 3. | mining, quarrying a preliminary cut in excavating, wide enough to take the vehicle that removes the earth |
| Related: oesophageal | |
| [C14: from Old French goulet, diminutive of goule throat, from Latin gula throat] | |
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Word Origin & History
gullet
c.1300, from O.Fr. goulet, dim. of goule "throat, neck," from L. gula "throat," from PIE base *gel- "swallow" (cf. L. gluttire "to gulp down, devour," O.E. ceole "throat," O.C.S. glutu "gullet," O.Ir. gelim "I devour").
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
gullet gul·let (gŭl'ĭt)
n.
The esophagus.
The throat.
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