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The Meaning of neck

  • (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.
  • (n.) Any part of an inanimate object corresponding to or resembling the neck of an animal
  • (n.) The long slender part of a vessel, as a retort, or of a fruit, as a gourd.
  • (n.) A long narrow tract of land projecting from the main body, or a narrow tract connecting two larger tracts.
  • (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.
  • (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.
  • (n.) the point where the base of the stem of a plant arises from the root.
  • (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.
  • (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