The part of a person's or animal's body connecting the head to the rest of the body. She wore a scarf around her neck to keep warm.
A narrow part of something, resembling a neck in shape or position. The bottle has a long neck that makes it easy to pour.
A part of a garment that fits around the neck. The sweater has a high neck to protect against the cold.
A narrow stretch of land or water. The ship navigated through the neck of the river with caution.
The slender part of a stringed instrument, such as a guitar, connecting the body to the headstock and supporting the fingerboard. His fingers moved rapidly up and down the guitar neck.
Informal. Bold or impudent self-confidence; brazen audacity. He had the neck to complain after arriving an hour late.
In horse racing, a unit of distance roughly equal to the length of a horse’s neck, used to describe how far one competitor finishes ahead of another. The grey gelding held on to win by a neck.