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neck

1. the part of an organism connecting the head with the rest of the body

2. Anatomy a constricted portion of an organ or part, such as the cervix of the uterus

3. a narrow or elongated projecting strip of land; a peninsula or isthmus

4. a strait or channel

5. the part of a violin, cello, etc., that extends from the body to the tuning pegs and supports the fingerboard

6. a solid block of lava from the opening of an extinct volcano, exposed after erosion of the surrounding rock

7. Botany the upper, usually tubular, part of the archegonium of mosses, ferns, etc.

8. the length of a horse's head and neck taken as an approximate distance by which one horse beats another in a race

9. Architect the narrow band at the top of the shaft of a column between the necking and the capital, esp as used in the Tuscan order

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neck [nek]

(anatomy)

The usually constricted communicating column between the head and trunk of the vertebrate body.

(engineering)

The part of a furnace where the flame is contracted before reaching the stack.

(geography)

A narrow strip of land, especially one connecting two larger areas.

(geology)

pipe

(metallurgy)

In a tensile test, that portion of the metal at which fracture is imminent during the later stages of plastic deformation in a tensile test.

(oceanography)

The narrow band of water forming the part of a rip current where feeder currents converge and flow swiftly through the incoming breakers and out to the head.