Gullet

Quick meaning: Gullet is a noun meaning The throat or esophagus.

Meaning

The throat or esophagus.

More Meanings

1. (cytology) The cytopharynx of a ciliate, through which food is ingested.
2. The space between the teeth of a saw blade.
3. A channel for water.
4. A preparatory cut or channel in excavations, of sufficient width for the passage of earth wagons.
5. The wide space under the pommel of a saddle; the hollow over the withers of a saddled animal.
6. To make grooves or indentations.

Example Sentences

Turning a national tragedy into something a person can pay $12 to watch while shoveling popcorn down their gullet struck detractors as perverse, though critics spilled a goodly amount of e-ink debating the actual merits of the work itself.

The better way is to gullet or "gum" out the teeth on a grinder. Thin, rubber bonded wheels known as Elastic wheels may be obtained in any desired thickness, and it is reasonably easy to get a wheel to suit the size of teeth to be gulleted.

Word Forms

• gullets
• gulleting
• gulleted

Synonyms for gullet

Depending on context, synonyms include gorge, cytopharynx, esophagus, oesophagus.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include gorge, esophagus, oesophagus, maw, craw, gule.

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