neck

Definitions

• (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 part of a shirt, dress etc., which fits a person's neck.
• 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
• A long narrow tract of land projecting from the main body, or a narrow tract connecting two larger tracts.
• (engineering) A reduction in size near the end of an object, formed by a groove around it.
• 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.
• (figurative) A person's life.
• (informal) A falsehood; a lie.
• (folklore) shapeshifting water spirits in Germanic mythology and folklore