gullet

[ guhl-it ]

/ ˈgʌl ɪt /

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noun

the esophagus.

the throat or pharynx.

a channel for water.

a gully or ravine.

a preparatory cut in an excavation.

a concavity between two sawteeth, joining them at their bases.

verb (used with object)

to form a concavity at the base of (a sawtooth).

RELATED WORDS

throat, craw, maw, esophagus

Nearby words

Origin of gullet

1350–1400; Middle English golet < Old French goulet ≪ Latin gula throat; see -et

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Examples from the Web for gullet

But it soon became certain that there was no egress from this gullet.
The English at the North Pole|Jules Verne
The brute had tried to swallow the knee-joint of a bullock, and it had stuck in his gullet.
Sport and Work on the Nepaul Frontier|James Inglis
Later it becomes a straight, simple tube, strengthened by a gullet in front.
The World's Greatest Books - Volume 15 - Science|Various
His hair bristled up, and his opened mouth could not let the horrible yell come forth—it died in the gullet.
The Mesmerist's Victim|Alexandre Dumas

Over this, food and drink pass on their way to the road to the stomach, the gullet.
Mind Amongst the Spindles|Various

British Dictionary definitions for gullet

gullet

/ (ˈɡʌlɪt) /

noun

a less formal name for the oesophagus Related adjective: oesophageal

the throat or pharynx

mining quarrying a preliminary cut in excavating, wide enough to take the vehicle that removes the earth

Word Origin for gullet

C14: from Old French goulet, diminutive of goule throat, from Latin gula throat

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Word Origin and History for gullet

gullet

c.1300 (as a surname), from Old French golet "neck (of a bottle); gutter; bay, creek," diminutive of gole "throat, neck" (Modern French guele), from Latin gula "throat," also "appetite," from PIE root *gwele- "swallow" (cf. Latin gluttire "to gulp down, devour," Old English ceole "throat," Old Church Slavonic glutu "gullet," Old Irish gelim "I devour").

Medicine definitions for gullet

gullet

[ gŭl′ĭt ]

n.

The esophagus.

The throat.