Definition of throat

• n. - The part of the neck in front of, or ventral to, the vertebral column.
• n. - Hence, the passage through it to the stomach and lungs; the pharynx; -- sometimes restricted to the fauces.
• n. - A contracted portion of a vessel, or of a passage way; as, the throat of a pitcher or vase.
• n. - The part of a chimney between the gathering, or portion of the funnel which contracts in ascending, and the flue.
• n. - The upper fore corner of a boom-and-gaff sail, or of a staysail.
• n. - That end of a gaff which is next the mast.
• n. - The angle where the arm of an anchor is joined to the shank.
• n. - The inside of a timber knee.
• n. - The orifice of a tubular organ; the outer end of the tube of a monopetalous corolla; the faux, or fauces.
• v. t. - To utter in the throat; to mutter; as, to throat threats.
• v. t. - To mow, as beans, in a direction against their bending.