neck meaning
EN
[nɛk] [-ɛk] 
US WNeck
- The neck is the part of the body, on many terrestrial or secondarily aquatic vertebrates, that distinguishes the head from the torso or trunk.
- NounPLnecks
- The part of body connecting the head and the trunk found in humans and some animals.
- The corresponding part in some other anatomical contexts.
- The part of a shirt, dress etc., which fits a person's neck.
- The tapered part of a bottle toward the opening.
- (botany) The slender tubelike extension atop an archegonium, through which the sperm swim to reach the egg.
- (music) The extension of any stringed instrument on which a fingerboard is mounted.
- A long narrow tract of land projecting from the main body, or a narrow tract connecting two larger tracts.
- (engineering) A reduction in size near the end of an object, formed by a groove around it.
- a neck forming the journal of a shaft
- The constriction between the root and crown of a tooth.
- (architecture) The gorgerin of a capital.
- (firearms) The small part of a gun between the chase and the swell of the muzzle.
- The part of body connecting the head and the trunk found in humans and some animals.
- VerbSGnecksPRneckingPT, PPnecked
- More Examples
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- The Tube King gives me a really good Marshally crunch, or a sweeter lead tone if I use the neck humbucker in my guitar.
- My boss never lets me get on with my work. He's always breathing down my neck and checking up on me.
- A flea out of a blanket shaken, A bloody-minded sinner, Upon a taylor's neck was taken, Marauding for a dinner.
- Used in the Beginning of Sentence
- Neck and segment 1 of Sphenoderes poseidon in ventral view, showing the deep midventral incision in the anterior segment margin (arrow) (character 17, state 2).
- Neck and segment 1 of Semnoderes armiger in dorsal view, showing the deep middorsal incision in the anterior segment margin (arrow) (character 17, state 2).
- Used in the Ending of Sentence
- Close the trap, would you, before someone falls and breaks their neck.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of neck in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Nouns
- Countable nouns
- Countable nouns
- Verbs
- Nouns
Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "neck" is a noun, more specifically, a countable noun. It's also a verb.