Dictionary Entry
fauces
fauces is a 6-letter English word with 5 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The narrow passage from the mouth to the pharynx, situated between the soft palate and the base of the tongue; -- called also the isthmus of the fauces. On either side of the passage two membranous folds, called the pillars of the fauces, inclose the tonsils. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
6 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 13 · 5 senses
Definitions
- 1plural noun
The narrow passage from the mouth to the pharynx, situated between the soft palate and the base of the tongue; -- called also the isthmus of the fauces. On either side of the passage two membranous folds, called the pillars of the fauces, inclose the tonsils.
- 2plural noun
The throat of a calyx, corolla, etc.
- 3plural noun
That portion of the interior of a spiral shell which can be seen by looking into the aperture.
- 4plural
of Faux
- 5noun
the passage between the back of the mouth and the pharynx
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