neck
/ˈnɛk/ noun A1- The part of the body connecting the head and the trunk found in humans and some animals. · Giraffes have long necks.
- The corresponding part in some other anatomical contexts.
- The part of a shirt, dress etc., which fits a person's neck.
- The tapered part of a bottle toward the opening.
- The slender tubelike extension atop an archegonium, through which the sperm swim to reach the egg.
- The extension of any stringed instrument on which a fingerboard is mounted
- A long narrow tract of land projecting from the main body, or a narrow tract connecting two larger tracts.
- A reduction in size near the end of an object, formed by a groove around it. · a neck forming the journal of a shaft
Plural necks
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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See if I do not prick your neck with my sting.” The Draught-Mule replied, “I do not heed your threats; I only care for him who sits above you, and who quickens my pace with his whip, or holds me back with the reins.
“Oil my neck, first,” replied the Tin Woodman.
“This isn’t the road,” said the Stork, as she twisted her long neck and looked sharply at the queer party.
There were two golden bands fastened to them that passed around the back of her head, where they were locked together by a little key that was at the end of a chain the Guardian of the Gates wore around his neck.
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