SCUTTLE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does scuttle mean?
• SCUTTLE (noun)
The noun SCUTTLE has 2 senses:
1. container for coal; shaped to permit pouring the coal onto the fire
2. an entrance equipped with a hatch; especially a passageway between decks of a ship
Familiarity information: SCUTTLE used as a noun is rare.
• SCUTTLE (verb)
The verb SCUTTLE has 1 sense:
1. to move about or proceed hurriedly
Familiarity information: SCUTTLE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• SCUTTLE (noun)
Meaning:
Container for coal; shaped to permit pouring the coal onto the fire
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
coal scuttle; scuttle
Hypernyms ("scuttle" is a kind of...):
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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
hatchway; scuttle; opening
Hypernyms ("scuttle" is a kind of...):
entrance; entranceway; entree; entry; entryway (something that provides access (to get in or get out))
Meronyms (parts of "scuttle"):
hatch (a movable barrier covering a hatchway)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "scuttle"):
escape hatch (hatchway that provides a means of escape in an emergency)
• SCUTTLE (verb)
Meaning:
To move about or proceed hurriedly
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
scamper; scurry; scuttle; skitter
Context example:
so terrified by the extraordinary ebbing of the sea that they scurried to higher ground
Hypernyms (to "scuttle" is one way to...):
run (move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "scuttle"):
crab (scurry sideways like a crab)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s PP
