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gullet

noun · verb · 8 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • UK, US: /ˈɡʌl.ɪt/
  • UK, US: /ˈɡʌl.ət/
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  • rhymes with -ʌlɪt
  • rhymes with -ʌlət
  • CMU ARPABET: G AH1 L AH0 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The throat or esophagus.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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2

noun

Meaning 2

The cytopharynx of a ciliate, through which food is ingested.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: biology, cytology, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences

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3

noun

Meaning 3

The space between the teeth of a saw blade.

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4

noun

Meaning 4

A channel for water.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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5

noun

Meaning 5

A preparatory cut or channel in excavations, of sufficient width for the passage of earth wagons.

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6

noun

Meaning 6

The wide space under the pommel of a saddle; the hollow over the withers of a saddled animal.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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7

verb

Meaning 7

To make grooves or indentations.

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8

noun

Meaning 8

the passage between the pharynx and the stomach

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: esophagus, oesophagus, gorge

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: passage, passageway, muscular structure, musculature, muscle system

History

Etymology

From Middle English golet, borrowed from Old French goulet, from Latin gula.

Across languages

Translations

90 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: slukderm — the throat or esophagus
  • Albanian: fyt — the throat or esophagus
  • Albanian: ezofag — the throat or esophagus
  • Arabic: مَرِيء (marīʔ) — the throat or esophagus
  • Armenian: կերակրափող (kerakrapʻoġ) — the throat or esophagus
  • Azerbaijani: qida borusu — the throat or esophagus
  • Bashkir: үңәс (üñəs) — the throat or esophagus
  • Belarusian: страваво́д (stravavód) — the throat or esophagus
  • Bengali: ওলকম (ōlokom) — the throat or esophagus
  • Bulgarian: хранопрово́д (hranoprovód) — the throat or esophagus
  • Catalan: esòfag — the throat or esophagus
  • Chakma: 𑄚𑄧𑄢𑄧𑄣𑄩 (naralī) — the throat or esophagus
  • Chinese Mandarin: 食道 (shídào) — the throat or esophagus
  • Chinese Mandarin: 食管 (shíguǎn) — the throat or esophagus
  • Czech: jícen — the throat or esophagus
  • Danish: spiserør — the throat or esophagus
  • Dutch: slokdarm — the throat or esophagus
  • Esperanto: ezofago — the throat or esophagus
  • Estonian: söögitoru — the throat or esophagus
  • Finnish: kurkku — the throat or esophagus
  • Finnish: nielu — the throat or esophagus
  • Finnish: ruokatorvi — the throat or esophagus
  • French: œsophage — the throat or esophagus
  • French: gosier — the throat or esophagus
  • West-Frisian: weaze — the throat or esophagus
  • Galician: esófago — the throat or esophagus
  • Galician: gargueiro — the throat or esophagus
  • Galician: gorxa — the throat or esophagus
  • Georgian: საყლაპავი მილი (saq̇laṗavi mili) — the throat or esophagus
  • German: Speiseröhre — the throat or esophagus
  • Greek: οισοφάγος (oisofágos) — the throat or esophagus
  • Ancient Greek: οἰσοφάγος (oisophágos) — the throat or esophagus
  • Hebrew: וֵשֶׁט (véshet) — the throat or esophagus
  • Hindi: ग्रासनली (grāsanlī) — the throat or esophagus
  • Hindi: घेघा (gheghā) — the throat or esophagus
  • Hungarian: garat — the throat or esophagus
  • Hungarian: nyelőcső — the throat or esophagus
  • Icelandic: vélinda — the throat or esophagus
  • Irish: slogán — the throat or esophagus
  • Italian: esofago — the throat or esophagus
  • Japanese: 食道 (shokudō) — the throat or esophagus
  • Kazakh: өңеш (öñeş) — the throat or esophagus
  • Kazakh: өзек (özek) — the throat or esophagus
  • Korean: 식도 (sikdo) — the throat or esophagus
  • Korean: 밥길 (bapgil) — the throat or esophagus
  • Korean: 식관 (sikgwan) — the throat or esophagus
  • Kyrgyz: өңгөч (öŋgöc) — the throat or esophagus
  • Kyrgyz: кызыл өңгөч (kızıl öŋgöc) — the throat or esophagus
  • Latin: oesophagus — the throat or esophagus
  • Latin: gula — the throat or esophagus
  • Latin: gurgulio — the throat or esophagus
  • Latin: guttur — the throat or esophagus
  • Latvian: barības vads — the throat or esophagus
  • Lithuanian: stemplė — the throat or esophagus
  • Macedonian: хранопро́вод (hranopróvod) — the throat or esophagus
  • Macedonian: гр́ло (gŕlo) — the throat or esophagus
  • Māori: pūkai — the throat or esophagus
  • Mongolian: хоолой (xooloj) — the throat or esophagus
  • Mongolian: багалзуур (bagalzuur) — the throat or esophagus
  • Navajo: azágí — the throat or esophagus
  • Norwegian Bokmål: spiserør — the throat or esophagus
  • Persian: مری (meri) — the throat or esophagus
  • Polish: przełyk — the throat or esophagus
  • Portuguese: goela — the throat or esophagus
  • Romanian: esofag — the throat or esophagus
  • Russian: пищево́д (piščevód) — the throat or esophagus
  • Scottish Gaelic: slugan — the throat or esophagus
  • Scottish Gaelic: sgòrnan — the throat or esophagus
  • Serbo-Croatian: гр̀кљан — the throat or esophagus
  • Serbo-Croatian: је̑дња̄к — the throat or esophagus
  • Serbo-Croatian: gr̀kljan — the throat or esophagus
  • Serbo-Croatian: jȇdnjāk — the throat or esophagus
  • Slovak: pažerák — the throat or esophagus
  • Slovene: goltanec — the throat or esophagus
  • Slovene: požiralnik — the throat or esophagus
  • Spanish: esófago — the throat or esophagus
  • Spanish: gaznate — the throat or esophagus
  • Spanish: tragaderas — the throat or esophagus
  • Sranan Tongo: gorogoro — the throat or esophagus
  • Swedish: matstrupe — the throat or esophagus
  • Tajik: сурхрӯда (surxrüda) — the throat or esophagus
  • Tatar: үңәч (üñäç) — the throat or esophagus
  • Tok Pisin: mambu bilong nek — the throat or esophagus
  • Turkish: ümük — the throat or esophagus
  • Ottoman Turkish: بوغاز (boğaz) — the throat or esophagus
  • Ugaritic: 𐎎𐎅𐎎𐎗𐎚 (mhmrt) — the throat or esophagus
  • Ukrainian: стравохі́д (stravoxíd) — the throat or esophagus
  • Uyghur: قىزىلئۆڭگەچ (qizil'önggech) — the throat or esophagus
  • Uzbek: qiziloʻngach — the throat or esophagus
  • Vietnamese: thực quản — the throat or esophagus