Definition of neck

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Neck (n.) Any part of an inanimate object corresponding to or resembling the neck of an anima.

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Cervix :: Cervix (n.) The neck; also, the necklike portion of any part, as of the womb. See Illust. of Bird..
Neckmould :: Neckmould (n.) A small convex molding surrounding a column at the jinction of the shaft and capital.
Headless :: Headless (a.) Having no head; beheaded; as, a headless body, neck, or carcass..
Thorax :: Thorax (n.) The part of the trunk between the neck and the abdomen, containing that part of the body cavity the walls of which are supported by the dorsal vertebrae, the ribs, and the sternum, and which the heart and lungs are situated; the chest..
Piccadilly :: Piccadilly (n.) A high, stiff collar for the neck; also, a hem or band about the skirt of a garment, -- worn by men in the 17th century..
Hydria :: Hydria (n.) A water jar; esp., one with a large rounded body, a small neck, and three handles. Some of the most beautiful Greek vases are of this form..
Burr :: Burr (n.) The thin edge or ridge left by a tool in cutting or shaping metal, as in turning, engraving, pressing, etc.; also, the rough neck left on a bullet in casting..
Sneck :: Sneck (n.) A door latch.
Neckweed :: Neckweed (n.) An American annual weed (veronica peregrina), with small white flowers and a roundish pod..
Gorgerin :: Gorgerin (n.) In some columns, that part of the capital between the termination of the shaft and the annulet of the echinus, or the space between two neck moldings; -- called also neck of the capital, and hypotrachelium. See Illust. of Column..
Kerchief :: Kerchief (n.) A square of fine linen worn by women as a covering for the head; hence, anything similar in form or material, worn for ornament on other parts of the person; -- mostly used in compounds; as, neckerchief; breastkerchief; and later, handkerchief..
Prostate :: Prostate (a.) Standing before; -- applied to a gland which is found in the males of most mammals, and is situated at the neck of the bladder where this joins the urethra..
Plesiosaurus :: Plesiosaurus (n.) A genus of large extinct marine reptiles, having a very long neck, a small head, and paddles for swimming. It lived in the Mesozoic age..
Scruff :: Scruff (n.) The nape of the neck; the loose outside skin, as of the back of the neck..
Fall :: Fall (n.) Formerly, a kind of ruff or band for the neck; a falling band; a faule..
Torquated :: torquated (a.) Having or wearing a torque, or neck chain..
Ringbill :: Ringbill (n.) The ring-necked scaup duck; -- called also ring-billed blackhead. See Scaup.
Tortrix :: Tortrix (n.) A genus of tropical short-tailed snakes, which are not venomous. One species (Tortrix scytalae) is handsomely banded with black, and is sometimes worn alive by the natives of Brazil for a necklace..
Pompadour :: Pompadour (n.) A crimson or pink color; also, a style of dress cut low and square in the neck; also, a mode of dressing the hair by drawing it straight back from the forehead over a roll; -- so called after the Marchioness de Pompadour of France. Also much used adjectively..
Bull-necked :: Bull-necked (a.) Having a short and thick neck like that of a bull.
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