throat

CEFRB1

/ˈθɹəʊt/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    The passage from the mouth to the stomach.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A narrow opening in a vessel.

Examples

  • I got a fish bone stuck in my throat.

  • I've got a frog in my throat.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • /ˈθɹoʊt/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. The gullet or windpipe.

  2. The front part of the neck.

  3. The part of a chimney between the gathering, or portion of the funnel which contracts in ascending, and the flue.

More examples

In context

  • Symptoms include a headache and sore throat.

  • As I swallowed I felt something strange in my throat.

  • The water leaked out from the throat of the bottle.

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Origin

noun

From Middle English throte, from Old English þrote, þrota, þrotu (“throat”), from Proto-West Germanic *þrotu, from Proto-Germanic *þrutō (“throat”), from Proto-Indo-European *trud- (“to swell, become stiff”). Cognate with Dutch strot (“throat”), German Drossel (“throttle, gorge of game (wild animals)”), Faroese troti (“swelling”), Icelandic þroti (“swelling”), Norwegian trut (“mouth”), Swedish trut.