Definition of Throat

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Throat

The part of the neck in front of, or ventral to, the vertebral column.

Hence, the passage through it to the stomach and lungs; the pharynx; -- sometimes restricted to the fauces.

A contracted portion of a vessel, or of a passage way; as, the throat of a pitcher or vase.

The part of a chimney between the gathering, or portion of the funnel which contracts in ascending, and the flue.

The upper fore corner of a boom-and-gaff sail, or of a staysail.

That end of a gaff which is next the mast.

The angle where the arm of an anchor is joined to the shank.

The inside of a timber knee.

The orifice of a tubular organ; the outer end of the tube of a monopetalous corolla; the faux, or fauces.

To utter in the throat; to mutter; as, to throat threats.

To mow, as beans, in a direction against their bending.

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Throat Quotations

I believe we are still so innocent. The species are still so innocent that a person who is apt to be murdered believes that the murderer, just before he puts the final wrench on his throat, will have enough compassion to give him one sweet cup of water.
Maya Angelou

A poem begins as a lump in the throat, a sense of wrong, a homesickness, a lovesickness.
Robert Frost

Poetry is a way of taking life by the throat.
Robert Frost

If you want to cut your own throat, don't come to me for a bandage.
Margaret Thatcher

You can't stay married in a situation where you are afraid to go to sleep in case your wife might cut your throat.
Mike Tyson

We've got the children so we have to deal with each other because we have to deal with children's problems, you know, and our own problems. But some days it's fine, and then some days we just are at each other's throat.
Ringo Starr

I have an orthopedic pillow that's made out of a sponge material. I have a plate in my throat, and I have to be careful or I could end up with a bad neck in the morning. That pillow is a must everywhere I go.
Lee Trevino

Don't cut my throat, I may want to do that later myself.
Casey Stengel

I have a perfect cure for a sore throat: cut it.
Alfred Hitchcock

You need that guy like a giraffe needs strep throat.
Ann Landers

Throat Translations

throat in Afrikaans is keel
throat in Danish is strube
throat in Dutch is strot, keelgat, keel
throat in French is gorge
throat in German is Gurgel, Kehle, Rachen
throat in Hungarian is torok
throat in Latin is gutter
throat in Norwegian is strupe
throat in Portuguese is garganta
throat in Spanish is garganta
throat in Swedish is strupe, hals, svalg

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