Meaning & use
Gullets
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Plural of "gullet," the throat or esophagus, the passage through which food travels from the mouth to the stomach.
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The fish's sharp teeth line its gullet to prevent prey from escaping.
Cold water soothed their parched gullets after the long desert hike.
A note on using this word
"Gullet" can also refer informally to a narrow channel or passage, echoing its anatomical sense of a constricted tube.
Words with a similar meaning
throatsesophagi
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