craw
noun /krɔː/
/krɔː/
Idioms - the part of a bird’s throat where food is keptTopics Birdsc2Word Originlate Middle English: from or related to Middle Dutch crāghe or Middle Low German krage ‘neck, throat’.
Idioms
stick in your throat/craw (informal)
- (of words) to be difficult or impossible to say
- She wanted to say how sorry she was but the words seemed to stick in her throat.
- (of a situation) to be difficult or impossible to accept; to make you angry