throat Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the passage to the stomach and lungs; in the front part of the neck below the chin and above the collarbone
    pharynx.
  2. noun an opening in the vamp of a shoe at the instep
  3. noun a passage resembling a throat in shape or function;
    • the throat of the vase
    • the throat of a chimney
  4. noun the part of an animal's body that corresponds to a person's throat

WordNet

Throat noun
Etymology
OE. throte, AS. rote, rotu; akin to OHG. drozza, G. drossel; cf. OFries. & D. stort. Cf. Throttle.
Definitions
  1. (Anat.) (a) The part of the neck in front of, or ventral to, the vertebral column. (b) Hence, the passage through it to the stomach and lungs; the pharynx; -- sometimes restricted to the fauces.
    I can vent clamor from my throat. Shak.
  2. A contracted portion of a vessel, or of a passage way; as, the throat of a pitcher or vase.
  3. (Arch.) The part of a chimney between the gathering, or portion of the funnel which contracts in ascending, and the flue. Gwilt.
  4. (Naut.) (a) The upper fore corner of a boom-and-gaff sail, or of a staysail. (b) That end of a gaff which is next the mast. (c) The angle where the arm of an anchor is joined to the shank. Totten.
  5. (Shipbuilding) The inside of a timber knee.
  6. (Bot.) The orifice of a tubular organ; the outer end of the tube of a monopetalous corolla; the faux, or fauces.
Throat transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To utter in the throat; to mutter; as, to throat threats. Obs. Chapman.
  2. To mow, as beans, in a direction against their bending. Prov. Eng.

Webster 1913