noun

neck

neck, collar

He has a pain in his neck.

He has a pain in his neck.

The neck of the bottle is narrow.

The neck of the bottle is narrow.

My shirt has a high neck.

My shirt has a high neck.

a pain in the neck an annoying thing or person That loud noise is a real pain in the neck.

the neck of (sth.) the narrow part of an object The neck of the bottle is narrow.

Synonyms: throat

From Old English 'hnecca', meaning 'nape of the neck'.

Picture a giraffe with a long neck to remember the word. Also, the idiom 'a pain in the neck' means something or someone is annoying.

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