gullet
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ɪt noun
1.
the esophagus.
2.
the throat or pharynx.
3.
a channel for water.
4.
a gully or ravine.
5.
a preparatory cut in an excavation.
verb (used with object)
7.
to form a concavity at the base of (a sawtooth).
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gullet (ˈɡʌlɪt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —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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Medical Dictionary
gullet gul·let (gŭl'ĭt)
n.
The esophagus.
The throat.
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Example sentences
The goal of the game is apparently to land one of these candies in the gullet of a human being.
Reach forward to cut the windpipe, gullet and blood vessels at the base of the throat.
The gullet must be large enough to store all the shavings until the gullet clears the log and the shavings fall free.
The thrasher then throws these items into its throat and gullet with a small, backward movement of its head.
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