gutter

gutter is a 6-letter English word with 14 senses as noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A channel at the eaves of a roof for conveying away the rain; an eaves channel; an eaves trough. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 7 · Words With Friends 9 · 14 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A channel at the eaves of a roof for conveying away the rain; an eaves channel; an eaves trough.
2. noun. A small channel at the roadside or elsewhere, to lead off surface water.
3. noun. Any narrow channel or groove; as, a gutter formed by erosion in the vent of a gun from repeated firing.
4. transitive verb. To cut or form into small longitudinal hollows; to channel.
5. transitive verb. To supply with a gutter or gutters.
6. intransitive verb. To become channeled, as a candle when the flame flares in the wind.
7. noun. a channel along the eaves or on the roof; collects and carries away rainwater

   Synonyms: trough

8. noun. a tool for gutting fish
9. noun. a worker who guts things (fish or buildings or cars etc.)
10. noun. misfortune resulting in lost effort or money

    "his career was in the gutter"

    "all that work went down the sewer"

    Synonyms: sewer, toilet

11. verb. provide with gutters

    "gutter the buildings"

12. verb. wear or cut gutters into

    "The heavy rain guttered the soil"

13. verb. flow in small streams

    "Tears guttered down her face"

14. verb. burn unsteadily, feebly, or low; flicker

    "The cooling lava continued to gutter toward lower ground"

Synonyms

trough, sewer, toilet

Common word forms

gutters, gutteral, guttered, guttering, gutterize

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