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What is a gullet?

What is a gullet? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. The throat or esophagus.
  2. (cytology) The cytopharynx of a ciliate, through which food is ingested.
  3. The space between the teeth of a saw blade.
  4. A channel for water.
  5. A preparatory cut or channel in excavations, of sufficient width for the passage of earth wagons.
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When you swallow, it can feel as though food is stuck in your gullet, as the muscles of the oesophagus try to push it past the tumour.
Instead, the acid irritates the lining of the gullet, causing the burning pain.
His throat fighting the gorge rising in his gullet, he slid off the bed and collapsed on the deck.
The barium solution shows up the stomach and gullet more clearly, and the process of digestion can be seen.
The eldest then poured her food into her gullet and headed for PS shouting muffled answers to my enquiries about her day.
He died suddenly in Bradford Royal Infirmary from ulcers in his gullet, which links the throat to the stomach.

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