svælg — meaning in English
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English meaning
- gorge noun A deep, narrow valley or ravine, usually with steep rocky walls and often a river running through it.
- pharynx noun The part of the alimentary canal and respiratory tract that extends from the back of the mouth and nasal cavity to the larynx and esophagus.
- throat noun The front part of the neck, or the passage inside it leading from the mouth to the lungs and stomach.
Senses
svælg is used for these senses in English:
- gorge (archaic) The front aspect of the neck; the outside of the throat.
- gorge (archaic, literary) The inside of the throat; the esophagus, the gullet; (falconry, specifically) the crop or gizzard of a hawk.
- pharynx (anatomy) The part of the alimentary canal and respiratory tract that extends from the back of the mouth and nasal cavity to the larynx and esophagus.
- throat The gullet or windpipe.
gorge — full definition
- noun A deep, narrow valley or ravine, usually with steep rocky walls and often a river running through it.
- noun The throat or gullet.
- verb To eat greedily and to excess.
pharynx — full definition
- noun The part of the alimentary canal and respiratory tract that extends from the back of the mouth and nasal cavity to the larynx and esophagus.
- noun The part of the alimentary canal immediately behind the mouth in invertebrates that may be thickened and muscular, eversible and toothed, or adapted as a suctorial organ.