Meaning Of The Word Adam's apple

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Adam's apple
countable noun: Your Adam's apple is the lump that sticks out of the front of your neck below your throat.

Adam's apple in American English
the projection formed in the front of the throat by the thyroid cartilage: seen chiefly in men
noun: a projection of the thyroid cartilage at the front of the neck that is more prominent in men than in women

Adam's apple in British English
noun: the visible projection of the thyroid cartilage of the larynx at the front of the neck

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