<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>Anatomy, Zoology: The passage from the mouth to the stomach or to the lungs, including the pharynx, esophagus, larynx, and trachea.</li><li>Some analogous or similar narrowed part or passage.</li><li>The front of the neck below the chin and above the collarbone.</li><li>The narrow opening between a fireplace and its flue or smoke chamber, often closed by a damper.</li><li>Nautical, Machinery: Swallow (def 13).</li><li>Nautical: Also called nock; the forward upper corner of a quadrilateral fore-and-aft sail.</li><li>Jaw (def 5).</li><li>The forward edge of the opening in the vamp of a shoe.</li><li>Automotive: Barrel (def 14).</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(Used with object) To make a throat in; provide with a throat.</li><li>To utter or express from or as from the throat; utter throatily.</li></ul>