n.
Pronunciation: ' g ə -l ə t
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English golet, from Anglo-French, diminutive of gule throat, from Latin gula ― more at GLUTTON
Date: 14th century
1 : ESOPHAGUS broadly : THROAT
2 : an invagination of the protoplasm in various protozoans (as a paramecium) that sometimes functions in the intake of food
3 : the space between the tips of adjacent saw teeth