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The Meaning of neck
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(n.) The part of an animal which connects the head and the trunk, and which, in man and many other animals, is more slender than the trunk.
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(n.) Any part of an inanimate object corresponding to or resembling the neck of an animal
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(n.) The long slender part of a vessel, as a retort, or of a fruit, as a gourd.
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(n.) A long narrow tract of land projecting from the main body, or a narrow tract connecting two larger tracts.
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(n.) That part of a violin, guitar, or similar instrument, which extends from the head to the body, and on which is the finger board or fret board.
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(n.) A reduction in size near the end of an object, formed by a groove around it; as, a neck forming the journal of a shaft.
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(n.) the point where the base of the stem of a plant arises from the root.
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(v. t.) To reduce the diameter of (an object) near its end, by making a groove around it; -- used with down; as, to neck down a shaft.
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(v. t. & i.) To kiss and caress amorously.
Synonyms
cervix
,
neck opening
,
make out
Homophones
nec
Rhymes
aztec
,
baek
,
bec
,
beck
,
bedeck
,
biotech
,
blech
,
bleck
,
bo-shek
,
bottleneck
,
breakneck
,
breck
,
brekke
,
brubeck
,
cech
,
check
,
chek
,
cheque
,
czech
,
dec
,
dech
,
deck
,
dehecq
,
discotheque
,
domecq
,
dreck
,
dubcek
,
dweck
,
eck
,
ek
,
exec
,
feck
,
fleck
,
francek
,
frech
,
freck
,
gacek
,
geck
,
heck
,
henpeck
,
jacek
,
jech
,
keck
,
kleck
,
krech
,
labrecque
,
lech
,
leck
,
lek
,
lubeck
,
macek
,
mcpeck
,
mech
,
meck
,
nec
,
opec
,
parsec
,
paycheck
,
pech
,
peck
,
placek
,
polytech
,
ptacek
,
quarterdeck
,
quebec
,
quek
,
rec
,
receptech
,
rech
,
recheck
,
reck
,
redneck
,
ringneck
,
roughneck
,
rubeck
,
scheck
,
schmeck
,
schneck
,
schreck
,
sec
,
sheck
,
shek
,
shreck
,
sneck
,
spec
,
speck
,
stec
,
stech
,
steck
,
streck
,
teaneck
,
tec
,
tech
,
teck
,
tek
,
trek
,
turtleneck
,
vacek
,
vanek
,
vanhecke
,
vanvleck
,
vasotec
,
weck
,
whelk
,
wnek
,
wreck
,
yeck
,
zacek
,
zech
,
zeck