—neck /nek/
noun [C] (BODY PART)
A2 the part of the body that joins the head to the shoulders:
» He had the thickest neck I'd ever seen.» She wore a gold chain around her neck.See picture: neck 
See picture: neck
Thesaurus+: ↑The head and faceThesaurus+: ↑The head and neck of non-human animals
C2 the part of a piece of clothing that goes around a person's neck:
» This sweater's too tight at the neck.» He wasn't wearing a tie and his shirt was open at the neck.» a low-neck dressSee picture: neck of a jumper Thesaurus+: ↑Parts of clothes
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Extra Examples:» She wears a gold cross round her neck.» That child is a real pain in the neck.» Sitting still at a computer terminal all day can give you a stiff neck.» She flung her arms around his neck.» He peeled the label off the neck of the bottle.noun [C] (TOP PART)
► F0 part of a hollow object that is at the top and is narrower than the part below it: » the neck of a bottle/guitar→ SEE ALSO BOTTLENECK(Cf. ↑bottleneck), HALTERNECK(Cf. ↑halterneck), REDNECK(Cf. ↑redneck), ROUGHNECK(Cf. ↑roughneck), TURTLENECK(Cf. ↑turtleneck)See picture: neck of a bottle Thesaurus+: ↑Words meaning parts of things
verb [I] OLD-FASHIONED INFORMAL ↑Verb Endings for neck
► F0 to kiss and hold a person in a sexual wayThesaurus+: ↑Sexual activity in general , ↑Physical and sexual assault and abduction- in the right
- in the right place at the right time
- in the sack
- in the saddle
- in the same breath
- in the shape of sth
- in the short run
- in the spotlight
- in the strictest confidence
- in the teeth of sth
- in the throes of sth
- in the tradition of sb/sth
- in the twinkling of an eye
- in the van of sth
- in the vicinity of
- in the wake of sth
- in the wild
- in the wilderness
- in the wilds
- in the wilds (of somewhere)
- in the wilds of somewhere
- in the wrong
- in the zone
- in this day and age
- in this/that regard