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Gullet

Gullet Meaning & Definition
Gullet Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Gullet?

[n] the passage between the pharynx and the stomach

Synonyms | Synonyms for Gullet: esophagus | gorge | oesophagus

Related Terms | Find terms related to Gullet: abdomen | abomasum | bay window | beerbelly | belly | breadbasket | craw | crop | diaphragm | embonpoint | esophagus | fauces | first stomach | gizzard | goozle | gorge | gut | guzzle | hals | honeycomb stomach | kishkes | manyplies | maw | midriff | omasum | paunch | pharynx | pot | potbelly | potgut | psalterium | pusgut | rennet bag | reticulum | rumen | second stomach | spare tire | stomach | swagbelly | third stomach | throat | tummy | tum-tum | underbelly | ventripotence | weasand | wizen

See Also | alimentary canal | alimentary tract | cardiac sphincter | digestive tract | digestive tube | epicardia | gastrointestinal tract | GI tract | muscle system | muscular structure | musculature | passage | passageway

Gullet In Webster's Dictionary

\Gul"let\, n. [OE. golet, OF. Goulet, dim. of gole, goule, throat, F. gueule, L. gula; perh. akin to Skr. gula, G. kenle; cf. F. goulet the neck of a bottle, goulotte channel gutter. Cf. {Gules}, {Gully}.] 1. (Anat.) The tube by which food and drink are carried from the pharynx to the stomach; the esophagus. 2. Something shaped like the food passage, or performing similar functions; as: (a) A channel for water. (b) (Engin.) A preparatory cut or channel in excavations, of sufficient width for the passage of earth wagons. (c) A concave cut made in the teeth of some saw blades.

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