Thesaurus results for GULLET

gullet

noun

Definition of gullet

as in mouth

the tube that leads from the mouth through the throat to the stomach food traveling down the gullet

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Recent Examples of gullet This mix is a scrumptious way to get vegetables happily down the kid’s gullets. — Cathy Thomas, Oc Register, 13 Jan. 2026 He’s gone from champagne to something like vinegar forced down his gullet. — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Dec. 2025 Cut away lungs, reaching up into the neck as far as possible to sever gullet and windpipe. — Maurice H. Decker, Outdoor Life, 17 Sep. 2025 The coverage of him has often been over the top and forced down the gullets of sports fans. — Zach Harper, The Athletic, 30 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for gullet

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But a few times in recent years, Hollins, a veterinarian, tricked Jonathan and slid a cotton swab into the giant tortoise's mouth to get a saliva sample.

— KYLE MELNICK THE WASHINGTON POST, Arkansas Online, 18 Oct. 2026
Kip’s leaning into the frame, giving a thumbs-up, one of the KitKats in his mouth like a cigarillo.

— George Saunders, New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of mouth

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Dishes such as beef mantou, its interpretation of the Chinese hamburger, thousand-year-old egg and ricotta, passion fruit fish maw noodles, and a generous offering of spicy Yakitori skewers, sums up its imaginative and bold offerings.

— Denni Hu, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2026
Martin has been an outsider to the events of the story, habitually disappearing into the maw of his study, and Janet has given him little thought.

— Via Scribner, Literary Hub, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of maw

Noun

There are no teeth in his jaws, and the sockets have smoothed over.

— Daniel Barnum, Longreads, 15 Oct. 2026
Colossal researchers first harvested cells from a living gray wolf and made 20 edits to 14 genes, coding for the dire wolf’s white coat, larger size, more powerful jaws, cold weather metabolism, and more.

— Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 14 Oct. 2026

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