throat (redirected from throat lash, throat latch)

throat  (thrt)

n.

1. The anterior portion of the neck.

2. Anatomy The portion of the digestive tract that lies between the rear of the mouth and the esophagus and includes the fauces and the pharynx.

3. A narrow passage or part suggestive of the human throat: the throat of a horn.

4. Botany The opening of a tubular corolla or calyx where the tube joins the limb.

tr.v. throat·ed, throat·ing, throats

To pronounce with a harsh or guttural voice.

Idiom:

ram/shove down (someone's) throat Informal

To compel to accept or consider: always ramming his political opinions down my throat.

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[Middle English throte, from Old English.]

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throat

Noun

1. the passage from the mouth and nose to the stomach and lungs

2. the front part of the neck

3. at each other's throats quarrelling or fighting with each other

4. cut one's own throat to bring about one's own ruin

5. cut someone's throat to kill someone

6. ram or force something down someone's throat to insist that someone listen to or accept something

7. stick in one's throat to be hard to accept: his arrogance really sticks in my throat [Old English throtu]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	throat - the passage to the stomach and lungs; in the front part of the neck below the chin and above the collarbone pharynx glossa, lingua, tongue, clapper - a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity gustatory organ, taste bud, tastebud - an oval sensory end organ on the surface of the tongue upper respiratory tract - the nose and throat and trachea nasopharynx - cavity forming the upper part of the pharynx oropharynx - cavity formed by the pharynx at the back of the mouth laryngopharynx - the lower part of the pharynx adenoid, Luschka's tonsil, pharyngeal tonsil, third tonsil, tonsilla adenoidea, tonsilla pharyngealis - a collection of lymphatic tissue in the throat behind the uvula (on the posterior wall and roof of the nasopharynx); "hypertrophy of the pharyngeal tonsils is called adenoids"; "enlarged adenoids may restrict the breathing of children" 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 cervix, neck - the part of an organism (human or animal) that connects the head to the rest of the body; "he admired her long graceful neck"; "the horse won by a neck" tubular cavity - a cavity having the shape of a tube pharyngeal recess - a small recess in the wall of the pharynx
	2.	throat - an opening in the vamp of a shoe at the instep opening - a vacant or unobstructed space that is man-made; "they left a small opening for the cat at the bottom of the door" shoe - footwear shaped to fit the foot (below the ankle) with a flexible upper of leather or plastic and a sole and heel of heavier material
	3.	throat - a passage resembling a throat in shape or function; "the throat of the vase"; "the throat of a chimney"; passage - a way through or along which someone or something may pass
	4.	throat - the part of an animal's body that corresponds to a person's throat external body part - any body part visible externally

Translations

throat [θrəut] n → garganta;

I have a sore throat → me duele la garganta

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throat [θrəut] n → gorge f;

to have a sore throat → avoir mal à la gorge

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throat [θrəut] n → Kehle f;

to have a sore throat → Halsschmerzen haben

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throat [θrəut] n → gola;

to have a sore throat → avere (un or il) mal di gola