Meaning & use
gullet
The passage through which food travels from the mouth to the stomach; the esophagus or throat.
See it in a sentence
The snake's gullet stretched wide enough to swallow prey larger than its own head.
He felt the dry cracker scratch his gullet as he swallowed it too quickly.
A note on using this word
Gullet is an everyday, slightly informal word for the esophagus, more common in general writing than in medical text.
Words with a similar meaning
esophagusthroat
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