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neck

noun

1 neck

The part of an organism (human or animal) that connects the head to the rest of the body:
— He admired her long graceful neck.
— The horse won by a neck.

synonym: cervix.

Roget 203: narrowness etc. adj.; closeness, exility; exiguity etc. (little) 193.    line; hair's breadth, finger's breadth; strip, streak, ... show more

Roget 195: contraction, reduction, diminution; decrease of size etc. 36; defalcation, decrement; lessening, shrinking etc. v.; compaction; ... show more

Dutch: flessenhals, nek, hals
Polish: szyja

2 neck

A narrow elongated projecting strip of land.

3 neck

A cut of meat from the neck of an animal.

Dutch: halsstuk, nekstuk
Polish: karczek

4 neck

A narrow part of an artifact that resembles a neck in position or form.

Dutch: hals

5 neck

An opening in a garment for the neck of the wearer; a part of the garment near the wearer's neck.

synonym: neck opening.

Dutch: hals, halsopening

verb

1 neck

Kiss, embrace, or fondle with sexual passion:
— The couple were necking in the back seat of the car.

synonym: make out.


Moby thesaurus: abbreviation, advocate, alpenstock, and quarter, ankle, arm, articulation, astriction, astringency, athletic supporter, back, backbone, backing, bandeau, bearer, bill and coo, bottleneck, boundary, bra, brace ... show more.

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