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throat English

Learners of English as a second language usually know the word throat once they have reached the level B1 – Lower Intermediate. English words by learner level A1 A2 B1 B2 C1 C2

Meaning throat meaning

What does throat mean?

Definitions in simple English

throat Noun

— Your throat is a tube inside your neck. It takes air from your mouth to your lungs. My throat hurts from singing too much.

throat

— noun the passage to the stomach and lungs; in the front part of the neck below the chin and above the collarbone

— noun a passage resembling a throat in shape or function the throat of the vase the throat of a chimney

— noun an opening in the vamp of a shoe at the instep

— noun the part of an animal's body that corresponds to a person's throat

Synonyms throat synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as throat?

throat English » English

neck

gullet

larynx

windpipe

pharynx

voice

gorge

maw

fauces

sore throat

oesophagus

heart

Adam’s apple

word

whistle

weeping pipe

weep

weasand

voicebox

voice box

vocal chords

vagus nerve

trickling water

trickle tube

trachea

throating

swallow

strangler

speech

sink

share

scrag

roof of mouth

river

respiratory tract

respect

neckband

nape

laryngopharynx

larmier

language

lane

inlet

hollow throat

hoarseness

gnarl

gluttony

glottis

gargoyle

front of neck

Topics throat topics

What do people use throat to talk about?

Person Body Head

Mouth

• What are the parts of the mouth?
  lip tongue tooth gum uvula palate alveolar ridge mouth cavity roof velum throat
• What do people do with their mouth?
  breathe talk eat taste clear your throat suck blow kiss gag

Person Body

Head

• What are the parts of the neck?
  neck nape (back of the neck) throat Adam's apple wrinkle fold in skin of neck

Person Body

Internal organs

• What are the parts of the throat?
  throat trachea esophagus Adam's apple bronchus bronchial windpipe pharyngeal pharynx gullet epiglottis glottal glottis laryngeal larynx

Person Healthy

Disease

• What words refer to a disease of the nose and throat?
  cough whooping cough cold sore throat influenza flu chill

Person Healthy

Symptom of disease

• What words refer to coughing?
  cough sneeze clear throat hack

Person Healthy Symptom of disease

Pain

• What words refer to pain in a particular part of your body?
  backache earache headache migraine stomachache toothache labor pains sore throat

Language and thought Communication Sign, symbol

Cry, tear

• What words refer to almost crying?
  be close to tears have a lump in your throat fight back tears choke back the tears

Social behavior Behavior Do good to

Do evil to

• What words refer to doing evil to yourself?
  harm yourself cut your own throat be your own worst enemy shoot yourself in the foot rebound on come back to haunt you

Social behavior Behavior

Self-controlled

• What words refer to controlling your eating?
  put a knife to your throat

Daily life Food Eat

Drink

• What words describe the manner in which a person can drink?
  guzzle gulp gulp down swig sip suck pour down your throat inhale to down (something)

Grammar Connected with, related Discourse markers

Prompters of attention

• What non-verbal means are used to get someone's attention
  clear throat whistle raise hand

Examples throat examples

How do I use throat in a sentence?

Simple sentences

I have a sore throat and runny nose.

I have a sore throat.

Stick your finger through your throat!

It looks like a fish bone got stuck in my throat.

Put your finger in your throat.

Tom grabbed Mary by the throat and started choking her.

I've got a frog in my throat.

I got a fish bone stuck in my throat.

I cleared my throat, but no words came.

The doctor examined my throat.

If you do that to him, he will cut your throat.

It's not as though we were enemies at each other's throat.

My throat feels dry.

The initial symptoms of the disease are fever and sore throat.

My throat hurts, and I have a fever. Can I have some cold medicine?

The speaker cleared his throat.

My throat hurts when I swallow.

Do you have a headache and a sore throat?

I have a sore throat because of too much smoking.

An operation on his throat helped him recover from the pneumonia, but it left him without his voice.

My throat burns.

I have a sore throat and a slight fever.

Movie subtitles

We think someone shoved a whistle down his throat after a struggle.

I don't know how he disappeared or why he ended up in that refrigerator or how he got that whistle down his throat, but if our investigation turns up anything of interest, I'll be sure to call you.

Well, we just found your DNA on the whistle inside of Seaman Bucket's throat, so you're going down either way.

Um. (clears throat) I want to grab your gun.

CLEARS THROAT Coincidentally, around the same time the brain cancer kicked in.

We have a mayor with his throat cut.

Someone is lying in wait and slits his throat.

He had his throat cut!

Cut his throat? What would she have done if the poll results were bad?

Could this have caused the cut to the throat?

You didn't notice a missing cut-throat razor?

Plus, he has a break-in where nothing was stolen except for a cut-throat razor with the victim's blood on it.

Oh no that's just his throat.

Sitting here when all I really want to do is get my hands around his throat.

A devil pours the nasty sulfur oozing from a horn down a man's throat.

On the throat of each victim, the same two marks.

The vampire attacks the throat.

Is there anything the matter with your throat?

I've got a frog in my throat.

A frog in my throat.

You've got a frog in your throat. Yes.

If you ever cross his path. he'll cut your throat from ear to ear.

Yeah, and if you're not careful, he'll cut your throat from here to there.

And I don't have to have my throat cut. and we can.

Just these fingers round a signalman's throat, that's all.

There's just one chance, if you can scream but your throat's paralyzed.

We have these heretics by the throat.

Sitting here when all I really wanna do is get my hands around his throat.

I HAVE A SORE THROAT.

I used to sit up nights thinking of a way to cut her throat.

One of us goes up to her to find out what's wrong with her throat.

Her gums and throat are inflamed.

Put that away or I'll jam it down your throat.

Why don't you jam it down her throat?

Will you have a little slice of throat?

He just tried to cut my throat! Tell him I'll get him for this!

Well, you eat anything with gravy on it and I'll cut your throat.

I. I was looking at your father's throat, and he bit me.

It's the finest place in the world, and that down your throat!

Let me ram those words down his throat, Your Highness!

News and current affairs

Wilhelm assumed the throne in 1888 at age 29, his liberal father having reigned for 88 days before succumbing to throat cancer.

So, for the past three months, Golubchuk has had a tube down his throat to help him breathe and another in his stomach to feed him.

Suddenly, a third man cuts the pig's throat, a fountain of blood sprinkling everyone.

The American left, long silent on Cuba, has cleared its throat.

The director-general of the World Health Organization has warned that if the world falls back into a pre-antibiotic age, a scratch or throat infection could become lethal once again.

For Boeing became complacent and forgot that the airline business is a cut-throat world.

It is an almost pagan sacrifice: in the farm's backyard the animal is held down by a pair of strong men, the pig squealing as much as it can. Suddenly, a third man cuts the pig's throat, a fountain of blood sprinkling everyone.