throatnoun [ C ]
uk/θrəʊt/us/θroʊt/B1 the front of the neck, or the space inside the neck down which food and air can go:
A fish bone got stuck in my throat.
a sore throat
He cleared his throat (= coughed so he could speak more clearly) and started speaking.
More examples
- The old man drew a long gnarled finger across his throat.
- A fish bone had lodged in her throat.
- It was quite a moving speech - it almost brought a lump to my throat.
- The vet put something down the dog's throat to make it vomit.
- I've got a sore throat and a runny nose .
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
The mouth & throat
- airway
- alveolar
- alveolar ridge
- buccal
- buccinator
- cricothyroid
- epiglottis
- glottis
- gummy
- larynx
- mandibular
- mylohyoid
- orbicularis
- palate
- palatine
- salivary duct
- taste buds
- trout pout
- vocal cords
- windpipe
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Idiom(s)
at each other's throats
force/ram sth down sb's throat