gullet

[ guhl-it ]

noun

1. the esophagus.
2. the throat or pharynx.
3. a channel for water.
4. a gully or ravine.
5. a preparatory cut in an excavation.
6. a concavity between two sawteeth, joining them at their bases.

verb (used with object)

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

gullet

/ ˈɡʌlɪt /

noun

1. See oesophagus
   a less formal name for the oesophagus oesophageal
2. the throat or pharynx
3. mining quarrying a preliminary cut in excavating, wide enough to take the vehicle that removes the earth

Word History and Origins

Origin of gullet¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of gullet¹

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

Example Sentences

Once the meal is partially in its mouth, a second set of jaws somewhere in the eel’s throat clamps down on the squid, pulling the food down the fish’s gullet.

From Popular-Science

The blade of mine has been dulled on the gullet of that old Saracen yonder with the white beard.

From Project Gutenberg

From the eastern gullet where he was, he could not see the sloop on account of the sharp turns of the pass.

From Project Gutenberg

To prevent the water rushing into its throat as it skims the surface with its beak, the bird is provided with a very small gullet.

From Project Gutenberg

The cilia also send particles of food into a funnel-like opening, the gullet, on one side of the cell.

From Project Gutenberg

The gullet widens almost at once into a long stomach, which in turn leads into a much coiled intestine.

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