What does Gullet mean?

Definitions for Gullet
ˈgʌl ɪtgul·let

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. esophagus, oesophagus, gorge, gulletnoun

    the passage between the pharynx and the stomach

Wiktionary

  1. gulletnoun

    The throat or esophagus.

  2. gulletnoun

    The cytopharynx of a ciliate, through which food is ingested.

  3. gulletnoun

    The space between teeth of a saw blade.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Gulletnoun

    The throat; the passage through which the food passes; the meat-pipe; the œsophagus.

    Etymology: goulet, French; gula, Latin.

    It might be his doom
    One day to sing
    With gullet in string. John Denham.

    Many have the gullet or feeding channel, which have no lungs or windpipe; as fishes which have gills, whereby the heart is refrigerated; for such thereof as have lungs and respiration are not without wizzon, as whales and cetaceous animals. Thomas Browne, Vulgar Errours, b. iv. c. 8.

    Nature has various tender muscles plac’d,
    By which the artful gullet is embrac’d. Richard Blackmore, Creation.

    The liquor in the stomach is a compound of that which is separated from its inward coat, the spittle which is swallowed, and the liquor which distils from the gullet. Arbuthnot.

Wikipedia

  1. gullet

    The esophagus (American English) or oesophagus (British English; both ), non-technically known also as the food pipe or gullet, is an organ in vertebrates through which food passes, aided by peristaltic contractions, from the pharynx to the stomach. The esophagus is a fibromuscular tube, about 25 cm (10 in) long in adults, that travels behind the trachea and heart, passes through the diaphragm, and empties into the uppermost region of the stomach. During swallowing, the epiglottis tilts backwards to prevent food from going down the larynx and lungs. The word oesophagus is from Ancient Greek οἰσοφάγος (oisophágos), from οἴσω (oísō), future form of φέρω (phérō, “I carry”) + ἔφαγον (éphagon, “I ate”). The wall of the esophagus from the lumen outwards consists of mucosa, submucosa (connective tissue), layers of muscle fibers between layers of fibrous tissue, and an outer layer of connective tissue. The mucosa is a stratified squamous epithelium of around three layers of squamous cells, which contrasts to the single layer of columnar cells of the stomach. The transition between these two types of epithelium is visible as a zig-zag line. Most of the muscle is smooth muscle although striated muscle predominates in its upper third. It has two muscular rings or sphincters in its wall, one at the top and one at the bottom. The lower sphincter helps to prevent reflux of acidic stomach content. The esophagus has a rich blood supply and venous drainage. Its smooth muscle is innervated by involuntary nerves (sympathetic nerves via the sympathetic trunk and parasympathetic nerves via the vagus nerve) and in addition voluntary nerves (lower motor neurons) which are carried in the vagus nerve to innervate its striated muscle. The esophagus passes through the thoracic cavity into the diaphragm into the stomach. The esophagus may be affected by gastric reflux, cancer, prominent dilated blood vessels called varices that can bleed heavily, tears, constrictions, and disorders of motility. Diseases may cause difficulty swallowing (dysphagia), painful swallowing (odynophagia), chest pain, or cause no symptoms at all. Clinical investigations include X-rays when swallowing barium sulfate, endoscopy, and CT scans. Surgically, the esophagus is difficult to access in part due to its position between critical organs and directly between the sternum and spinal column.

ChatGPT

  1. gullet

    A gullet is the passage by which food passes from the mouth to the stomach; the esophagus. It is also commonly referred to as the throat or neck in casual language. In some animals, it may also include special features such as the crop in birds.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Gulletnoun

    the tube by which food and drink are carried from the pharynx to the stomach; the esophagus

  2. Gulletnoun

    something shaped like the food passage, or performing similar functions

  3. Gulletnoun

    a channel for water

  4. Gulletnoun

    a preparatory cut or channel in excavations, of sufficient width for the passage of earth wagons

  5. Gulletnoun

    a concave cut made in the teeth of some saw blades

  6. Etymology: [OE. golet, OF. Goulet, dim. of gole, goule, throat, F. gueule, L. gula; perh. akin to Skr. gula, G. kenle; cf. F. goulet the neck of a bottle, goulotte channel gutter. Cf. Gules, Gully.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Gullet

    gul′et, n. the throat: the passage in the neck by which food is taken into the stomach.—n. Gulos′ity, gluttony. [O. Fr. goulet, dim. of O. Fr. goule (Fr. gueule)—L. gula, the throat.]

Dictionary of Nautical Terms

  1. gullet

    A small stream in a water-worn course.

Entomology

  1. Gullet

    = oesophagus; q.v.

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. GULLET

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Gullet is ranked #103181 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Gullet surname appeared 174 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Gullet.

    83.3% or 145 total occurrences were White.
    9.7% or 17 total occurrences were Black.
    4.6% or 8 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Gullet in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Gullet in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of Gullet in a Sentence

  1. Mike Habib:

    Occasionally, the head comes down, and some poor screaming animal goes down the gullet, and it's just rinse, wash and repeat.

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