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   neck

   /nɛk/

   noun

   • 1. the part of a person's or animal's body connecting the head to the rest of the body: "she had a silver crucifix around her neck"
   • ▪ the part of a garment that is around or close to the neck: "her dress had three buttons at the neck undone"
   • ▪ meat from an animal's neck: "neck of lamb"
   • ▪ a person's neck regarded as bearing a burden of responsibility or guilt: "he'll be stuck with a loan around his neck"
   • 2. a narrow connecting or end part of something.
   • ▪ the part of a bottle or other container near the mouth: "he seized the neck of the whisky bottle"
   • ▪ a narrow piece of land or sea, such as an isthmus or channel: "the narrow neck of land between loch and sea"
   • ▪ a narrow part near one end of an organ, such as the uterus: "the neck of the womb, usually called the cervix"
   • ▪ the part of a violin, guitar, or other similar instrument that bears the fingerboard.
   • ▪ a column of solidified lava or igneous rock formed in a volcanic vent, especially when exposed by erosion.
   • ▪ a narrow supporting part in a plant, especially the terminal part of the fruiting body in a fern, bryophyte, or fungus.
   • 3. the length of a horse's head and neck as a measure of its lead in a race: "Dolpour won by a neck from Wood Dancer"

   verb

   • 1. (of two people) kiss and caress amorously: informal "we started necking on the sofa"
   • 2. swallow (something, especially a drink): informal British "after necking some beers, we left the bar"
   • 3. form a narrowed part at a particular point when subjected to tension: "the nylon filament necks down to a fraction of its original diameter"

   Word Origin Old Englishhnecca ‘back of the neck’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch nek ‘neck’ and German Nacken ‘nape’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. necked adjective
   • 2. necker noun
   • 3. neckless adjective

   Scrabble Points: 10

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   • Znaczenie Neck, Definicja W Cambridge English Dictionary

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   Neck is the part of the body joining the head to the shoulders or trunk, or a narrow or constricted area of a bodily structure. It can also mean a narrow elongation, projection, or connecting part, or a margin of victory in a race.