Gullet Definition

gŭlĭt
gullets
noun
gullets
The tube leading from the mouth to the stomach; esophagus.
Webster's New World
The throat or neck.
Webster's New World
An invagination into the cytoplasm of certain ciliates, used for food intake.
American Heritage Medicine
Any depression or channel like a gullet, as a water gully.
Webster's New World

The space between the teeth of a saw blade.

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Other Word Forms of Gullet

Noun

Singular:
gullet
Plural:
gullets

Origin of Gullet

  • Middle English golet from Old French goulet from goule throat from Latin gula

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Old English golet, Old French goulet, from Latin gula.

    From Wiktionary

Gullet Sentence Examples

  • The gullet is short, except in the Apoda.

  • He buried a dagger in the gullet of the remaining man and darted forward.

  • Opening their jaws to their fullest extent, they seize the animal generally by the head, and pushing alternately the right and left sides of the jaws forward, they press the body through their elastic gullet into the stomach, its outlines being visible for some time through the distended walls of the abdomen.

  • Easy change gullet system, allowing on the spot adjusting of the saddle to fit correctly over the horses wither.

  • The change that pregnancy brings to the balance of the hormones also leads to a general relaxation of the gullet sphincter.

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Words Starting With

GGUGUL

Words Ending With

TETLET

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Words Starting With G and Ending With T

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6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With G6 Letter Words Ending With T