gullet
Collocations
3VERB + GULLET
slide
GULLET + NOUN
detractors, gum
PREP.
down, out
Definitions
noun
The throat or esophagus.
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 cytopharynx of a ciliate, through which food is ingested.
The space between the teeth of a saw blade.
A channel for water.
A preparatory cut or channel in excavations, of sufficient width for the passage of earth wagons.
verb
To make grooves or indentations.
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.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — the passage between the pharynx and the stomach
- esophagus
- oesophagus
- gorge
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
5Turning 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 debatin
WiktionaryThe 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 t
WiktionaryYou could see the oblong shape of the rat as it passed down the snake's gullet.
Tatoeba · #741553The pelican opened its beak and let the fish slide down its gullet.
Tatoeba · #13785074Tom poured the last of the coffee down his gullet and hurried out the door.
Tatoeba · #13785075