deep-throated

adj — 3 senses

deep-throated

adj
1

Of a sound Coming from deep in the throat.

2

Broadly, Of a sound Loud and low.

  • Once though the station the deep-throated exhaust of G.C.R. engines, and particularly the "Directors", could be heard in ascending crescendo as the drivers opened out to take the gradient.1954 July, C. R. L. Coles, “Memories of the Great Central”, in Railway Magazine, page 464:
3

Of an object Having a long, narrow, tapered end.

  • This beautiful creature seems indeed to be a “winged jewel” as it hangs poised in midair before a deep-throated flower, and the next instant flashes out of sight1922, The World Book, volume 5, page 2871:

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