gullet
Passage for swallowing
The gullet is the passage from mouth to stomach—the esophagus and throat considered as a single tube for swallowing.
Food goes down the gullet.
The word appears in expressions about eating or drinking: He poured whiskey down his gullet.
Figuratively, something hard to swallow sticks in your gullet.
Food tube to stomach
- oesophagusFood tube to stomach
- pharynxMuscular throat cavity
- throatNeck's inner passage
- tracheaRespiratory airway tube
windpipe · larynx · epiglottis · sphincter · mucosa · submucosa · muscularis · hiatus
Act of swallowing
- bolusChewed food mass
- peristalsisInvoluntary digestive muscle waves
- swallowSend down the throat
- ingestionConsuming into the body
mastication · chew · quaff · swig · mouthful · sip · slurp · guzzle
esophagus
Food tube to stomach
- oesophagusFood tube to stomach
- pharynxMuscular throat cavity
- throatNeck's inner passage
trachea · windpipe · larynx · epiglottis · sphincter · mucosa · submucosa · muscularis · hiatus · lumen
deglutition
Act of swallowing
- bolusChewed food mass
- peristalsisInvoluntary digestive muscle waves
- swallowSend down the throat
ingestion · mastication · chew · quaff · swig · mouthful · sip · slurp · guzzle · intake
gluttony
Greedy excess in consumption
- voraciousExtremely eager to consume
- ravenousExtremely hungry, insatiable
- insatiableImpossible to satisfy
gorge · stuff · cram · devour · guzzle · gobble · engorge · greedy · hungry · famished
throttle
Power flow controller
gulletrectum
Terminal intestinal chamber
anus · colon · large intestine · bowel
- gully washerBrief, violent rainstorm
- stuck in someone's gulletCauses lasting resentment
- sticks in someone's gulletRemains annoyingly unacceptable