throat
[throht]
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noun Anatomy, Zoology.
verb (used with object)
to make a throat in; provide with a throat.
to utter or express from or as from the throat; utter throatily.
Origin of throat
before 900; Middle English throte, Old English throte, throta, throtu; akin to Old High German drozza throat, Old Norse throti swelling. See throttle
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throat
noun
Word Origin for throat
Old English throtu; related to Old High German drozza throat, Old Norse throti swelling
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throat
[thrōt]
n.
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