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neck noun

  /nɛk/
  • (anatomy) The part of the body connecting the head and the trunk found in humans and some animals.
  • The corresponding part in some other anatomical contexts.
  • The tapered part of a bottle toward the opening.
  • (botany) The slender tubelike extension atop an archegonium, through which the sperm swim to reach the egg.
  • (music) The extension of any stringed instrument on which a fingerboard is mounted
  • The constriction between the root and crown of a tooth.
  • (architecture) The gorgerin of a capital.
  • (firearms) The small part of a gun between the chase and the swell of the muzzle.
 kaula
  • (figurative) A person's life.
 henki
  • A long narrow tract of land projecting from the main body, or a narrow tract connecting two larger tracts.
 kannas, niemi
  • (engineering) A reduction in size near the end of an object, formed by a groove around it.
 kaulus
  • The part of a shirt, dress etc., which fits a person's neck.
 kaulus, kaula
  • (informal, MLE, slang) A falsehood; a lie.
 potaska

neck verb

  /nɛk/
  • (transitive, slang) To hang by the neck; strangle; kill, eliminate.
 hirttää, kaulailla, kuristaa, lemmiskellä, vehdata
  • (transitive, slang) To drink or swallow rapidly.
 kaulailla, kitata, kulauttaa, lemmiskellä, vehdata
  • (intransitive, informal, chiefly, US) To intently kiss or cuddle; to canoodle.
  • (intransitive) To decrease in diameter.
 kaulailla, lemmiskellä, vehdata

necked adjective

  /nɛkt/
  • (in combination) Having some specific type of neck or neckline.
 -kaulainen
red-necked phalarope
vesipääsky
red-necked grebe
härkälintu
ring-necked duck
amerikantukkasotka
black-necked grebe
mustakaulauikku
red-necked stint
rusokaulasirri
grey-necked bunting
kivikkosirkku
yellow-necked mouse
metsähiiri
black-necked crane
mustakaulakurki
ring-necked parakeet
kauluskaija
black-necked swan
mustakaulajoutsen
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