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(1):

(n.) Any part of an inanimate object corresponding to or resembling the neck of an animal

(2):

(n.) The part of an animal which connects the head and the trunk, and which, in man and many other animals, is more slender than the trunk.

(3):

(n.) The long slender part of a vessel, as a retort, or of a fruit, as a gourd.

(4):

(n.) A long narrow tract of land projecting from the main body, or a narrow tract connecting two larger tracts.

(5):

(n.) That part of a violin, guitar, or similar instrument, which extends from the head to the body, and on which is the finger board or fret board.

(6):

(n.) A reduction in size near the end of an object, formed by a groove around it; as, a neck forming the journal of a shaft.

(7):

(n.) the point where the base of the stem of a plant arises from the root.

(8):

(v. t. & i.) To kiss and caress amorously.

(9):

(v. t.) To reduce the diameter of (an object) near its end, by making a groove around it; - used with down; as, to neck down a shaft.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Neck'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​n/neck.html. 1828.
 
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