GULLET

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does gullet mean? 

• GULLET (noun)
  The noun GULLET has 1 sense:

1. the passage between the pharynx and the stomach

  Familiarity information: GULLET used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GULLET (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The passage between the pharynx and the stomach

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

esophagus; gorge; gullet; oesophagus

Hypernyms ("gullet" is a kind of...):

passage; passageway (a path or channel or duct through or along which something may pass)

muscle system; muscular structure; musculature (the muscular system of an organism)

Meronyms (parts of "gullet"):

epicardia (the short part of the esophagus extending downward from the diaphragm to the stomach)

cardiac sphincter (the valve between the distal end of the esophagus and the stomach; the physiological sphincter at the esophagogastric junction)

Holonyms ("gullet" is a part of...):

alimentary canal; alimentary tract; digestive tract; digestive tube; gastrointestinal tract; GI tract (tubular passage of mucous membrane and muscle extending about 8.3 meters from mouth to anus; functions in digestion and elimination)

 Context examples 

The bird gave a gulp, and I felt the stone pass along its gullet and down into its crop.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)