neck – English–Suomi translations

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neck noun

  /ˈnɛk/ , [ˈnɛk]
  • part of body connecting the head and the trunk
  • tapered part of a bottle
  • extension of stringed instrument
  • architecture: gorgerin of a capital
  • botany: slender tubelike extension atop an archegonium
  • constriction between the root and crown of a tooth
  • corresponding part in some other anatomical contexts
  • firearms: part between the chase and the swell of the muzzle
 kaula
  • figurative: person's life
 henki
  • long narrow tract of land projecting from the main body, or a narrow tract connecting two larger tracts
 kannas, niemi
  • engineering: reduction in size near the end of an object
 kaulus
  • part of a shirt, dress etc.
 kaulus, kaula
  • slang: falsehood, lie
 potaska

neck verb

  /ˈnɛk/ , [ˈnɛk]
  • hang by the neck; strangle; kill
 hirttää, kuristaa
  • make love
 kaulailla, lemmiskellä, vehdata
  • drink rapidly
 kitata, kulauttaa

necked adjective

  /nɛkt/
  • having a certain type of neck
 -kaulainen
neck and neck
rinta rinnan, ritirinnan
polo-neck
poolokaulus, poolopaita
breathe down someone's neck
hengittää jonkun niskaan
fall on someone's neck
heittäytyä syliin
stiff neck
jäykkä niska, niskan jäykkyys
stick one's neck out
vaarantaa itsensä
neck gutter
kuvetaite
round neck
O-aukko
V-neck
v-aukko
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