throat

«throat» in Mova's school dictionary: the inside of your neck, the tube that food, drink and… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a throat, throats)

meaning for a pupil

1) Your throat is the inside of your neck, the tube that food, drink and air go down. tree →

2) The throat can also mean the front of the neck. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science the throat leads to two tubes: the food pipe (oesophagus) to the stomach and the windpipe (trachea) to the lungs; a small flap stops food going down the wrong way. Your voice box is in your throat. In health lessons a sore throat is a common sign of a cold, and small objects can block the throat and cause choking, so chew food well and keep tiny things away from babies. Phrases: sore throat, clear your throat, lump in your throat, cut-throat.

examples

• I have a sore throat and a cough. tree →
• Food goes down your throat to your stomach. tree →
• He cleared his throat before he started to speak. tree →
• Cut grapes in half for babies so they don't get stuck in the throat. tree →
• The doctor looked at my throat with a little light. tree →
• I had a lump in my throat when we said goodbye. tree →
• Drinking warm water can soothe a sore throat. tree →
• Your voice box is in your throat. tree →
• My throat is dry and burning. tree →

note

Countable: throats. «Throat» (inside) and «neck» (the whole part between head and shoulders) are different. «A lump in your throat» means a tight feeling when you are about to cry. Never put anything around anyone's throat or neck in games.

In the corpora

• Singing with a sore throat can strain the voice and make it worse; singers rest, drink water and avoid shouting.
• A frog swallows prey whole and pulls its eyeballs down into its head to help push the food down its throat.
• Leatherback turtles eat huge amounts of jellyfish, and their throats are lined with spikes that keep the slippery food from sliding back out.
• Male frigatebirds puff up a big red throat pouch to attract females, and frigatebirds can stay in the air for weeks without landing.
• The old Magpie says "the night-air doesn't suit my throat", and a Canary calls its children to bed.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «throat» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.