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English Dictionary: gullet by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gullet
n
  1. the passage between the pharynx and the stomach [syn: esophagus, oesophagus, gorge, gullet]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gullet \Gul"let\, n. [OE. golet, OF. Goulet, dim. of gole,
      goule, throat, F. gueule, L. gula; perh. akin to Skr. gula,
      G. kenle; cf. F. goulet the neck of a bottle, goulotte
      channel gutter. Cf. {Gules}, {Gully}.]
      1. (Anat.) The tube by which food and drink are carried from
            the pharynx to the stomach; the esophagus.
  
      2. Something shaped like the food passage, or performing
            similar functions; as:
            (a) A channel for water.
            (b) (Engin.) A preparatory cut or channel in excavations,
                  of sufficient width for the passage of earth wagons.
            (c) A concave cut made in the teeth of some saw blades.
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