an opening in a garment for the neck of the wearer; a part of the garment near the wearer's neck | a connection between an electrical device and a large conducting body, such as the earth (which is taken to be at zero voltage) |
a narrow part of an artifact that resembles a neck in position or form | the concerns of this life as distinguished from heaven and the afterlife |
the part of an organism (human or animal) that connects the head to the rest of the body | the abode of mortals (as contrasted with Heaven or Hell) |
a cut of meat from the neck of an animal | the solid part of the earth's surface |
a narrow elongated projecting strip of land | the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on |
| the loose soft material that makes up a large part of the land surface |
| once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (Empedocles), associated with the humour black bile |