gutter

Speech parts

1. gutter - Noun

2. gutter - Verb

3. Gutter - Proper noun

Meaning

A channel at the eaves of a roof for conveying away the rain; an eaves channel; an eaves trough.

A small channel at the roadside or elsewhere, to lead off surface water.

Any narrow channel or groove; as, a gutter formed by erosion in the vent of a gun from repeated firing.

To cut or form into small longitudinal hollows; to channel.

To supply with a gutter or gutters.

To become channeled, as a candle when the flame flares in the wind.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

toilet sewer trough creek kennel dyke aqueduct fosse gully shute canal moat sewerage dike sluice
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Antonyms

hill marge hilltop support good headland
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Hypernyms

provide run course flow supply channel

Hyponyms

slide chute cullis slideway sloping trough

Phrases with the word

live in the gutter gutter rat comic gutter having his mind in the gutter broken gutter paracolic gutter

Derivatives

guttered guttering

Examples

his career was in the gutter Source: Internet

all that work went down the sewer Source: Internet

pensions are in the toilet Source: Internet

gutter the buildings Source: Internet

The heavy rain guttered the soil Source: Internet

Tears guttered down her face Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

guttation guttatrap gutted gutter ape gutter ball gutter dog