SCUTTLE

Pronunciation (US):

• 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.

• 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