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gutter
noun
1 gutter
A channel along the eaves or on the roof; collects and carries away rainwater.
synonym: trough.
Roget 259:
furrow,
groove,
rut,
sulcus [Anat.],
scratch,
streak,
striae,
crack,
score,
incision,
slit;
chamfer,
fluting;
corduroy road,
cradle hole.
channel,
gutter,
trench,
ditch,
dike,
dyke;
moat,
fosse†,
trough,
kennel;
ravine
etc.
(interval)
198;
tajo [U.S.],
thank-ye-ma'am [U.S.].
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Roget 350:
conduit,
channel,
duct,
watercourse,
race;
head race,
tail race;
abito†,
aboideau†,
aboiteau [Fr.],
bito†;
acequia†,
acequiador†,
acequiamadre†;
arroyo;
adit†,
aqueduct,
canal,
trough,
gutter,
pantile;
flume,
ingate†,
runner;
lock-weir,
tedge†;
vena†;
dike,
main,
gully,
moat,
ditch,
drain,
sewer,
culvert,
cloaca,
sough,
kennel,
siphon;
piscina†;
pipe
etc.
(tube)
260;
funnel;
tunnel
etc.
(passage)
627;
water pipe,
waste pipe;
emunctory†,
gully hole,
artery,
aorta,
pore,
spout,
scupper;
adjutage†,
ajutage†;
hose;
gargoyle;
gurgoyle†;
penstock,
weir;
flood gate,
water gate;
sluice,
lock,
valve;
rose;
waterworks.
pipeline.
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Dutch: dakgoot, goot, straatgoot
Polish: rynna
2 gutter
Misfortune resulting in lost effort or money:
— His career was in the gutter.
synonyms: sewer, toilet.
3 gutter
A worker who guts things (fish or buildings or cars etc.).
4 gutter
verb
1 gutter
Burn unsteadily, feebly, or low; flicker.
2 gutter
3 gutter
Wear or cut gutters into.
4 gutter
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