Definitions
The part of the body joining the head to the shoulders.
Word origin
From Middle English nekke, nakke, from Old English hnecca, *hnæcca (“neck, nape”), from Proto-West Germanic *hnakkō, from Proto-Germanic *hnakkô (“nape, neck”), from Proto-Indo-European *knog-, *kneg- (“back of the head, nape, neck”).
Used in a sentence
“Giraffes have long necks.”
“Mother, help me, there's a head attached to my neck and I'm in it.”
“Archegonia are surrounded early in their development by the juvenile perianth, through the slender beak of which the elongated neck of the fertilized archegonium protrudes.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Head support”4 letters
02“Shirt collar area”4 letters
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