Hence, the passage through it to the stomach and lungs; the pharynx; -- sometimes restricted to the fauces.

A contracted portion of a vessel, or of a passage way; as, the throat of a pitcher or vase.

The part of a chimney between the gathering, or portion of the funnel which contracts in ascending, and the flue.

The orifice of a tubular organ; the outer end of the tube of a monopetalous corolla; the faux, or fauces.

The part of the neck in front of, or ventral to, the vertebral column.

Below chin. Sometimes highly colored.

ventral leathering of the neck from the chin to the forking of the ventral feather tract, bounded dorsally by the malar area. The adjective meaning 'of the throat' is 'gular'. The lateral margin of the throat is sometimes distinctively colored and is then called the malar stripe.

the passage to the stomach and lungs; in the front part of the neck below the chin and above the collarbone

The space between the top of an envelope's back flap and its top flap crease line.

another term for the mouth of the envelope

the area of the envelope immediately above the mouth and skirt.

The distance between the seal flap fold line and the top of the back panel.

The area forward of the cartridge chamber extending to the point where the bore begins to have its full bore diameter. Also known as chamber throat.

Leade or freebore; the unrifled portion of the bore immediately in front of the chamber. Generally very short.

an area where the rifling are removed so the bullet can project up into the groove diameter area of the barrel, which is supposed to be the same diameter as the bullet

That part of a rocket engine between the combustion chamber and nozzle.

Where the paddle shaft flares into the paddle blade.

the area inside a flower tube formed from fused petals; the upper side of a grass collar where the blade meets the sheath.

Where the shaft meets the blade of the paddle.

On an oar or paddle, the point where the shaft meets the blade.

The main opening of a shoe extending from the vamp to the ankle.

The top edge of the vamp of a shoe, in front of the instep.

The top area of the vamp just in front of the instep. Throat lines can be high or low; the shape can be round or square.

an opening in the vamp of a shoe at the instep

The upper fore corner of a boom-and-gaff sail, or of a staysail.

That end of a gaff which is next the mast.

The inner end of a gaff, where it widens and hollows in to fit the mast. (See JAWS.) Also, the hollow part of a knee.

(nock on the barge) the forward top corner of a four-sided sail.

An open, expanded tube in the perianth.

The small opening at the base of a horn through which sound waves from the driver element pass on to the horn.

In a horn loudspeaker, this is the smallest part, where the sound leaves the driver begins its travel down the expanding flare of the horn itself. See: Horn, Compression Driver, Phase Plug.

The small opening in a horn or in a driver through which the sound pressure wave passes from the driver to the horn.

To mow, as beans, in a direction against their bending.

The inner portion of a tubular orchid lip.

The inner half of the pipe or the half undergoing compression during bending (see Intrados).

The thin area of a racket handle, where it meets the head.

The part of the racquet where the handle meets the head.

Part of a fishing hook.