throat
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the passage to the stomach and lungs; in the front part of the neck below the chin and above the collarbone
Types & categories
- tubular cavity hypernym
Parts & wholes
- upper respiratory tract part holonym
- alimentary canal part holonym
- neck part holonym
- tongue part meronym
- tastebud part meronym
- nasopharynx part meronym
- oropharynx part meronym
- laryngopharynx part meronym
- pharyngeal tonsil part meronym
- pharyngeal recess part meronym
Related & opposite
- throaty derivation
- pharyngeal derivation
Sense 2 noun
an opening in the vamp of a shoe at the instep
Types & categories
- opening hypernym
Parts & wholes
- shoe part holonym
Sense 3 noun
a passage resembling a throat in shape or function
the throat of the vase
Types & categories
- passage hypernym
Sense 4 noun
the part of an animal's body that corresponds to a person's throat
Types & categories
- external body part hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | throaty |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | pharyngeal |
| 1 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | upper respiratory tract |
| 1 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | alimentary canal |
| 1 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | neck |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | tongue |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | tastebud |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | nasopharynx |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | oropharynx |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | laryngopharynx |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | pharyngeal tonsil |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | pharyngeal recess |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | tubular cavity |
| 2 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | shoe |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | opening |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | passage |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | external body part |