| VERB | motion | scuttle, scurry, scamper, skitter | to move about or proceed hurriedly |
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| NOUN | artifact | scuttle, coal scuttle | container for coal |
| artifact | scuttle, hatchway, opening | an entrance equipped with a hatch |
| Sounds | skah'tahl | |
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| Rhymes | abdominal ... zoological: 2115 rhymes with ahl... | |
| Meaning | container for coal; shaped to permit pouring the coal onto the fire. | |
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| Synonym | coal scuttle | |
| Broader | container | Any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another) |
| Meaning | An entrance equipped with a hatch; especially a passageway between decks of a ship. | |
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| Synonyms | hatchway, opening | |
| Parts | hatch | A movable barrier covering a hatchway |
| Narrower | escape hatch | hatchway that provides a means of escape in an emergency |
| Broader | entrance, entranceway, entryway, entry, entree | Something that provides access (to get in or get out) |
| Spanish | escotilla | |
| Catalan | escotilla | |
| Meaning | To move about or proceed hurriedly. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s PP | |
| Synonyms | scurry, scamper, skitter | |
| Narrower | crab | scurry sideways like a crab |
| Broader | run | Move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time |
| Spanish | corretear, escabullirse | |
| Catalan | barrinar, escapolir-se, esquitllar-se | |
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