Meaning

(anatomy) The part of the body connecting the head and the trunk found in humans and some animals..

Definitions by Sense

1. (anatomy) The part of the body connecting the head and the trunk found in humans and some animals.
2. The corresponding part in some other anatomical contexts.
3. The part of a shirt, dress etc., which fits a person's neck.
4. The tapered part of a bottle toward the opening.
5. (botany) The slender tubelike extension atop an archegonium, through which the sperm swim to reach the egg.
6. (music) The extension of any stringed instrument on which a fingerboard is mounted
7. A long narrow tract of land projecting from the main body, or a narrow tract connecting two larger tracts.
8. (engineering) A reduction in size near the end of an object, formed by a groove around it.

Example Sentences

Giraffes have long necks.

Mother, help me, there's a head attached to my neck and I'm in it.

Archegonia are surrounded early in their development by the juvenile perianth, through the slender beak of which the elongated neck of the fertilized archegonium protrudes.

a neck forming the journal of a shaft

to risk one's neck; to save someone's neck

Shorty throw neck like a geese She make me speak Portuguese

She drop neck for a check and a paystub

The person with 'the neck' stands in the centre, grasping it with both his hands

Word Forms

• necks
• necking
• necked

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When Should You Use Neck?

Use neck when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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