- the esophagus.
- the throat or pharynx.
- a channel for water.
- a gully or ravine.
- a preparatory cut in an excavation.
- a concavity between two sawteeth, joining them at their bases.
- to form a concavity at the base of (a sawtooth).
- a less formal name for the oesophagus Related adjective: oesophageal
- the throat or pharynx
- a preliminary cut in excavating, wide enough to take the vehicle that removes the earth