gullet

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

The throat or esophagus.
The cytopharynx of a ciliate, through which food is ingested.
The space between the teeth of a saw blade.
A channel for water.
A preparatory cut or channel in excavations, of sufficient width for the passage of earth wagons.
The wide space under the pommel of a saddle; the hollow over the withers of a saddled animal.

verb

/ˈɡʌl.ɪt/ /ˈɡʌl.ət/ en-us-gullet.ogg en-au-gullet.ogg

gullet gullets gulleting gulleted

From Middle English golet, borrowed from Old French goulet, from Latin gula.

gorge cytopharynx

gully craw crop esophagus throat trachea windpipe

gulleting gullet sweetbread stick in someone's gullet

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