Synonyms of the word

oesophagus

• n. (anatomy) The tube that carries food from the pharynx to the stomach.

esophagus

• n. (US) Alternative spelling of oesophagus.

gorge

• n. A deep narrow passage with steep rocky sides; a ravine.
• n. The throat or gullet.
• n. That which is gorged or swallowed, especially by a hawk or other fowl.
• n. A filling or choking of a passage or channel by an obstruction.
• n. (architecture) A concave moulding; a cavetto.
• n. (nautical) The groove of a pulley.
• n. (fishing) A primitive device used instead of a hook, consisting of an object easy to swallow but difficult…
• n. (heraldry) A whirlpool.
• v. (reflexive, often followed by on) To eat greedily and in large quantities.
• v. To swallow, especially with greediness, or in large mouthfuls or quantities.
• v. To glut; to fill up to the throat; to satiate.
• adj. (Britain, slang) Gorgeous.

gullet

• n. The throat or esophagus.
• n. (cytology) The cytopharynx of a ciliate, through which food is ingested.
• n. The space between the teeth of a saw blade.
• n. A channel for water.
• n. A preparatory cut or channel in excavations, of sufficient width for the passage of earth wagons.

musculature

• n. The collection of all muscles in a single body or in a single organ.
• n. The structural configuration of muscle in a body or organ.

passage

• n. A paragraph or section of text or music with particular meaning.
• n. Part of a path or journey.
• n. The official approval of a bill or act by a parliament.
• n. (art) The use of tight brushwork to link objects in separate spatial plains. Commonly seen in Cubist works.
• n. A passageway or corridor.
• n. (caving) An underground cavity, formed by water or falling rocks, which is much longer than it is wide.
• n. (euphemistic) The vagina.
• n. The act of passing.
• v. (medicine) To pass a pathogen through a host or medium.
• v. (rare) To make a passage, especially by sea; to cross.
• n. (dressage) A movement in classical dressage, in which the horse performs a very collected, energetic,…
• v. (intransitive, dressage) To execute a passage movement.

passageway

• n. A covered walkway, between rooms or buildings.
• n. Any way for passing in, out or through something.