throat Definition

throat
noun

1. The top part of the windpipe.

Thesaurus: gullet, gorge, throttle, larynx, oesophagus, windpipe.
2. The middle part of the pharynx, extending to the larynx.
3. The front part of the neck.
4. Something that resembles a throat in form or function, especially a narrow passageway or opening.

Idiom: cut one's own throat

To cause one's own ruin or downfall.

Idiom: cut someone's throat

To kill or injure them by slitting open their throat.

Idiom: stick in one's throat

Said of an unwelcome or unpalatable thought, etc: to be impossible to say, believe or accept.

Etymology: Anglo-Saxon.