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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/throat/#m1)

2) The throat can also mean the front of the neck. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/throat/#m2)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/throat/#x1)
- Food goes down your throat to your stomach. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/throat/#x2)
- He cleared his throat before he started to speak. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/throat/#x3)
- Cut grapes in half for babies so they don't get stuck in the throat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/throat/#x4)
- The doctor looked at my throat with a little light. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/throat/#x5)
- I had a lump in my throat when we said goodbye. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/throat/#x6)
- Drinking warm water can soothe a sore throat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/throat/#x7)
- Your voice box is in your throat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/throat/#x8)
- My throat is dry and burning. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/throat/#x9)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/8-singing-choirs-and-talent-shows/14/)
- [A frog swallows prey whole and pulls its eyeballs down into its head to help push the food down its throat.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/32-frogs-toads-newts-and-salamanders/10/)
- [Leatherback turtles eat huge amounts of jellyfish, and their throats are lined with spikes that keep the slippery food from sliding back out.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/133-finding-nemo-dory-turtles-and-the-reef/13/)
- [Male frigatebirds puff up a big red throat pouch to attract females, and frigatebirds can stay in the air for weeks without landing.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/180-the-galapagos-giant-tortoises-sea-iguanas-darwins-finches-and-tame-sea-lions/14/)
- [The old Magpie says "the night-air doesn't suit my throat", and a Canary calls its children to bed.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/6-alice-ch3-part2-a-long-tale/19/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «throat» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/throat/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.