{
    "term": "throat",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a passage in the neck through which food and air pass on their way into the body; the front part of the neck",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "A sob caught in his throat."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He held the knife to her throat."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Their throats had been cut."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They caught a pig and Jack slit *(= cut)* its throat."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He quickly stuffed a hot dog down his throat."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She felt the cold water trickle down her throat."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She seized her attacker by the throat."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The chemical causes eye, nose, and throat irritations."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The medicine left a sour taste in the back of my throat."
                },
                {
                    "text": "His throat constricted with fear when he saw the knife."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Body"],
            "collocations": {
                "verb + throat": ["cut", "slash", "slit"],
                "preposition": ["by the throat"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "having the colour of throat mentioned; making a sound in the throat of the type mentioned",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a blue-throated macaw"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a deep-throated roar"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to be fighting or arguing with each other",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [],
            "topics": ["Opinion and argument"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to cough (= to force out air noisily through your throat) so that you can speak clearly",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to do something that is likely to harm you, especially when you are angry and trying to harm somebody else",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to try to force somebody to listen to and accept your opinions in a way that they find annoying",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "People are sick of having advertising rammed down their throats."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Opinion and argument"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to lose your voice or be unable to speak clearly for a short time",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to feel pressure in the throat because you are very angry or emotional",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to react very angrily to somebody",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to be difficult or impossible to say",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She wanted to say how sorry she was but the words seemed to stick in her throat."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to be difficult or impossible to accept; to make you angry",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/θrəʊt/",
                "audio": "th/throat/throat__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/θrəʊt/",
                "audio": "th/throat/throat__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English throte, throtu, of Germanic origin; related to German Drossel. Compare with throttle."
}