NOUN | artifact | gutter, trough | a channel along the eaves or on the roof |
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state | gutter, sewer, toilet | misfortune resulting in lost effort or money | |
person | gutter | a worker who guts / guts things (fish or buildings or cars etc.) | |
artifact | gutter | a tool for gutting fish | |
VERB | weather | gutter | burn unsteadily, feebly, or low |
motion | gutter | flow in small streams | |
contact | gutter | wear or cut gutters into | |
consumption | gutter | provide with gutters |
Sounds | gah'ter | |
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Rhymes | abductor ... zoster: 649 rhymes with ter... |
Meaning | A channel along the eaves or on the roof; collects and carries away rainwater. | |
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Synonym | trough | |
Part of | gable roof, saddle roof, saddleback, saddleback roof | A double sloping roof with a ridge and gables at each end |
Narrower | chute, slide, slideway, sloping trough | sloping channel through which things can descend |
cullis | A gutter in a roof | |
Broader | channel | A passage for water (or other fluids) to flow through |
Spanish | canalera, canalón | |
Catalan | canalera, regueró | |
Verbs | gutter | provide with gutters |
Meaning | misfortune resulting in lost effort or money. | |
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Example | "his career was in the gutter" | |
Synonyms | sewer, toilet | |
Broader | misfortune, bad luck, tough luck, ill luck | An unfortunate state resulting from unfavorable outcomes |
Meaning | A worker who guts / guts things (fish or buildings or cars etc.). | |
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Broader | worker | A person who works at a specific occupation |
Verbs | gut | remove the guts of |
gut | empty completely |
Meaning | A tool for gutting fish. | |
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Broader | hand tool | A tool used with workers' hands |
Verbs | gut | remove the guts of |
Meaning | Burn unsteadily, feebly, or low; flicker. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s | |
Example | "The cooling lava continued to gutter toward lower ground" | |
Broader | burn, glow | shine intensely, as if with heat |
Meaning | Flow in small streams. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP | |
Example | "Tears guttered down her face" | |
Broader | run, flow, feed, course | Move along, of liquids / liquids |
Meaning | Wear or cut gutters into. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s something | |
Example | "The heavy rain guttered the soil" | |
Broader | probe, dig into, poke into | Examine physically with or as if with a probe |
Meaning | Provide with gutters. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Example | "gutter the buildings" | |
Broader | provide, supply, ply, cater | Give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance |
Spanish | acanalar | |
Nouns | gutter | a channel along the eaves or on the roof |
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