neck

/nɛk/ · noun

Meaning

The part of the body connecting the head and the trunk found in humans and some animals.
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
To hang by the neck; strangle; kill, eliminate
To make love; to intently kiss or cuddle; to canoodle.
To drink rapidly.
To decrease in diameter.

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