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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 (someones) throat Informal
To compel to accept or consider: always ramming his political opinions down my throat.
[Middle English throte, from Old English.]


throat  /rot/  n. 1 the front of the neck between chin and chest; inside the mouth to the esophagus: She has a sore throat and a cold. 2 fig. to cut or slit ones own throat: to make oneself fail at s.t.: She cut her own throat by volunteering to do an extra project when she already had too much work. 3 to ram, force, or push s.t. down s.o.s throat: to make s.o. accept s.t. (ideas, etc.), usu. unwillingly throat
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