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Syllable division derived from spelling — this word is not in the pronouncing dictionary, so no phonetic transcription is shown rather than a guessed one.
whitethroat is a noun meaning "Old World warbler similar to the greater whitethroat but smaller". It carries 3 recorded senses.
Old World warbler similar to the greater whitethroat but smaller
greyish-brown Old World warbler with a white throat and underparts
common North American finch with a white patch on the throat and black-and-white striped crown
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.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for whitethroat come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.