throats
Where swallowing happens
Throats is the plural of throat, the front part of the neck containing the passage for food and air.
The word extends to any narrow passage or constriction: the throats of the bottles were too narrow for the funnel.
When someone has you by the throat, they have you at a serious disadvantage.
If rivals are at each other's throats, they are in fierce conflict.
To ram something down someone's throat is to force them to accept it.
Speech-producing throat organ
- pharynxMuscular throat cavity
- tracheaRespiratory airway tube
- esophagusFood tube to stomach
- uvulaSoft palate pendant
tonsils · epiglottis · vocal cords · windpipe · gullet · Adam's apple · jugular · carotid
Ingesting via throat muscles
- gulpingSwallowing hastily, noisily
- chokingBlocked airway condition
- gaggingReflex throat constriction
- clearingTreeless space in forest
parched · thirsty · constricted · tightening · lump · clenched · dry · moistening
Painful or annoyed
- strepThroat infection, informally
- infectionPathogen invasion causing illness
- inflammationProtective tissue response
- tonsillitisInflamed throat tissue
pharyngitis · hoarse · swollen · irritated · scratchy · raw · burning · dry
Rough and grating
- huskyRough-voiced or stocky
- gravellyContaining small stones
- hoarseRough in voice
- croakyRough-sounding, like illness
deep · resonant · clear · singing · projection · timbre · tone · vibrato
Viciously competitive or murderous
- competitionStruggle for supremacy
- ruthlessLacking any compassion
- aggressiveHostile and confrontational
- backstabbingCovert betrayal of trust
larynx
Speech-producing throat organ
uvula · tonsils · epiglottis · vocal cords · windpipe · gullet · Adam's apple · jugular · carotid · thyroid
swallowing
Ingesting via throat muscles
clearing · parched · thirsty · constricted · tightening · lump · clenched · dry · moistening · sipping
sore
Painful or annoyed
- strepThroat infection, informally
- infectionPathogen invasion causing illness
- inflammationProtective tissue response
tonsillitis · pharyngitis · hoarse · swollen · irritated · scratchy · raw · burning · dry · mucus
raspy
Rough and grating
croaky · deep · resonant · clear · singing · projection · timbre · tone · vibrato · falsetto
cutthroat
Viciously competitive or murderous
- competitionStruggle for supremacy
- ruthlessLacking any compassion
- aggressiveHostile and confrontational
- sore throatIrritated, aching airway
- stuck in someone's throatUnable to express aloud
- clear one's throatCough to speak up
- strep throatBacterial infection of pharynx
- lump in one's throatThroat tightness from emotion
- lump in throatTight feeling when emotional