bottleneck | (noun) the narrow part of a bottle near the top | - |
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(noun) a narrowing that reduces the flow through a channel | Synonyms: chokepoint, constriction |
crookneck | (noun) yellow squash with a thin curved neck and somewhat warty skin | Synonyms: crookneck squash, summer crookneck |
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fiddleneck | (noun) hairy annual of California to Mexico with crowded cymes of small blue to lilac or mauve flowers | Synonyms: Phacelia tanacetifolia |
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gooseneck | (noun) something in a thin curved form (like the neck of a goose) | - |
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leatherneck | (noun) a member of the United States Marine Corps | Synonyms: devil dog, Marine, shipboard soldier |
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littleneck | (noun) a young quahog | Synonyms: littleneck clam |
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(noun) a quahog when young and small; usually eaten raw; an important food popular in New York | Synonyms: littleneck clam |
neck | (noun) an opening in a garment for the neck of the wearer; a part of the garment near the wearer's neck | Synonyms: neck opening |
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(noun) a narrow part of an artifact that resembles a neck in position or form | - |
(noun) the part of an organism (human or animal) that connects the head to the rest of the body | Synonyms: cervix |
(noun) a cut of meat from the neck of an animal | - |
(noun) a narrow elongated projecting strip of land | - |
redneck | (noun) a poor White person in the southern United States | Synonyms: cracker |
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roughneck | (noun) a cruel and brutal fellow | Synonyms: bully, hooligan, rowdy, ruffian, tough, yob, yobbo, yobo |
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rubberneck | (noun) a person who stares inquisitively | Synonyms: rubbernecker |
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(noun) a tourist who is visiting sights of interest | Synonyms: excursionist, sightseer, tripper |
swanneck | (noun) any of several orchids of the genus Cycnoches having slender arching columns of flowers suggesting the neck of a swan | Synonyms: swan-flower, swan-neck, swan orchid, swanflower |
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turtleneck | (noun) a sweater or jersey with a high close-fitting collar | Synonyms: polo-neck, turtle |
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wryneck | (noun) Old World woodpecker with a peculiar habit of twisting the neck | - |
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(noun) an unnatural condition in which the head leans to one side because the neck muscles on that side are contracted | Synonyms: torticollis |