gullet

gul·let  (glt)

n.

1. The esophagus.

2. The throat.

3. Zoology An invagination into the cytoplasm of certain ciliates, used for food intake.

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[Middle English golet, from Old French goulet, from goule, throat, from Latin gula.]

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gullet [ˈgʌlɪt]

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Anatomy) a less formal name for the oesophagus Related adj oesophageal

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Anatomy) the throat or pharynx

3. (Mining & Quarrying) Mining Quarrying a preliminary cut in excavating, wide enough to take the vehicle that removes the earth

[from Old French goulet, diminutive of goule throat, from Latin gula throat]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

gullet - the passage between the pharynx and the stomach esophagus, oesophagus, gorge passageway, passage - a path or channel or duct through or along which something may pass; "the nasal passages" muscle system, muscular structure, musculature - the muscular system of an organism alimentary canal, alimentary tract, digestive tract, digestive tube, gastrointestinal tract, GI tract - tubular passage of mucous membrane and muscle extending about 8.3 meters from mouth to anus; functions in digestion and elimination epicardia - the short part of the esophagus extending downward from the diaphragm to the stomach cardiac sphincter - the valve between the distal end of the esophagus and the stomach; the physiological sphincter at the esophagogastric junction

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gullet

noun throat, crop, maw, craw He burnt his mouth, throat and gullet.

Related words
technical name oesophagus
adjective oesophageal

Translations

gullet [ˈgʌlɪt] N → esófago m, garganta f

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gullet [ˈgʌlɪt] n → gosier m

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gullet

n → Speiseröhre f, → Kehle f; that really stuck in my gullet (fig) → das ging mir sehr gegen den Strich (inf)

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gullet [ˈgʌlɪt] n → gargarozzo

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gullet [ˈgʌlɪt] n → gargarozzo

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gullet

n gullet [ˈgalit]

the tube by which food passes from the mouth to the stomach. slukderm حَلْق، حُلْقوم хранопровод hltan spiserør die Speiseröhre οισοφάγος esófago söögitoru لوله مری ruokatorvi œsophage וֵשֶׁט ग्रसिका, गला jednjak garat-nyelőcső kerongkongan vélinda esofago 食道 식도(食道) stemplė barības vads kerongkong keelgat spiserør przełyk esófago esofag пищевод hltan požiralnik ždrelo matstrupe หลอดอาหาร yemek borusu 食道 стравохід حلق سے معدے تک غذائی نالی thực quản 食道