neck

/nɛk/

/nɛk/

Other forms: necks; necked; necking

Your neck is the part of your body that connects your head and your shoulders. Your neck, with help from your spine, supports the weight of your head.

It's also thanks to your neck that you can turn your head in all directions (except, of course, directly behind you). Your sweaters and t-shirts have necks too, the holes meant for your head and neck to slide through. In geography, a neck is a long, thin peninsula, a stretch of land that looks neck-like on a map. And to neck is to kiss amorously.

Definitions of neck

1. noun

   the part of an organism (human or animal) that connects the head to the rest of the body
   “he admired her long graceful neck”

   “the horse won by a neck”

   synonyms: cervix

   types:

   bull neck

   a thick short powerful neck

   type of:

   external body part

   any body part visible externally
2. 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

   types:

   neckline

   the line formed by the edge of a garment around the neck

   V neck

   the neck of a garment has the shape in front of the letter V

   crew neck, crew neckline

   a plain straight neckline opening from shoulder to shoulder of sweaters

   decolletage

   a low-cut neckline on a woman's dress

   type of:

   opening

   a vacant or unobstructed space that is man-made
3. noun

   a cut of meat from the neck of an animal
   type of:

   cut, cut of meat

   a piece of meat that has been cut from an animal carcass
4. noun

   a narrow elongated projecting strip of land
   type of:

   dry land, earth, ground, land, solid ground, terra firma

   the solid part of the earth's surface
5. noun

   a narrow part of an artifact that resembles a neck in position or form
   “the banjo had a long neck”

   “the bottle had a wide neck”

   type of:

   part, portion

   something less than the whole of a human artifact
6. verb

   kiss, embrace, or fondle with sexual passion
   synonyms: make out

   have intercourse, have sex, love, roll in the hay

   have sexual intercourse with

   types:

   smooch, spoon

   snuggle and lie in a position where one person faces the back of the others

   type of:

   pet

   stroke or caress gently