throated

[ throh-tid ]
/ ˈθroʊ tɪd /

adjective

having a throat of a specified kind (usually used in combination): a yellow-throated warbler.

Origin of throated

First recorded in 1520–30; throat + -ed3

Definition for throated (2 of 2)

throat
[ throht ]
/ θroʊt /

noun Anatomy, Zoology.

verb (used with object)

to make a throat in; provide with a throat.
to utter or express from or as from the throat; utter throatily.

Origin of throat

before 900; Middle English throte, Old English throte, throta, throtu; akin to Old High German drozza throat, Old Norse throti swelling. See throttle

Example sentences from the Web for throated

  • “Thanks,” throated the operative, passing 294through the portires with renewed energy.

    Whispering Wires |Henry Leverage
  • Six-inch trees, throated with rotten remnants of thatched roofs through which they had aspired toward the sun, rose about him.

    Jerry of the Islands |Jack London

British Dictionary definitions for throated

throat
/ (θrəʊt) /

noun

Other words from throat

Related adjectives: gular, guttural, jugular, laryngeal

Word Origin for throat

Old English throtu; related to Old High German drozza throat, Old Norse throti swelling

Medical definitions for throated

throat
[ thrōt ]

n.

The portion of the digestive tract that lies between the rear of the mouth and the esophagus and includes the fauces and the pharynx.
The anterior portion of the neck.

Idioms and Phrases with throated

throat

see at each other's throats; cut someone's throat; frog in one's throat; jump down someone's throat; lump in one's throat; ram (shove) down someone's throat; stick in one's craw (throat).