gullet

Other forms of gullet

plural

gullets·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about gullet

What does gullet mean?

gullet means "the passage between the pharynx and the stomach".

How many syllables are in gullet?

gullet has 2 syllables: gul-let. The stress falls on "gul". In IPA it is /ˈɡʌlət/.

What is another word for gullet?

Close synonyms include esophagus, oesophagus, gorge. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is gullet a common word?

gullet is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.