Word: neck
Phonetic:
/nɛk/Listen:
The part of the body connecting the head and the trunk found in humans and some animals. Example: Giraffes have long necks.
The corresponding part in some other anatomical contexts.
The part of a shirt, dress etc., which fits a person's neck.
The tapered part of a bottle toward the opening.
The slender tubelike extension atop an archegonium, through which the sperm swim to reach the egg.
The extension of any stringed instrument on which a fingerboard is mounted
A long narrow tract of land projecting from the main body, or a narrow tract connecting two larger tracts.
A reduction in size near the end of an object, formed by a groove around it. Example: a neck forming the journal of a shaft
The constriction between the root and crown of a tooth.
The gorgerin of a capital.
The small part of a gun between the chase and the swell of the muzzle.
A person's life. Example: to risk one's neck; to save someone's neck
A falsehood; a lie.
Shapeshifting water spirits in Germanic mythology and folklore
To hang by the neck; strangle; kill, eliminate Example: Go neck yourself.
To make love; to intently kiss or cuddle; to canoodle. Example: Alan and Betty were necking in the back of a car when Betty's dad caught them.
To drink rapidly.
To decrease in diameter.
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