gutter
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- noun
- /ˈɡʌtər/
:
canalón
- One afternoon, while perched on a ladder inspecting his roof and gutters, Malcolm found the half-eaten carcass of a seagull.
- rain gutter
And yes, that I remember going up on the roof myself to clean the gutters.
- And yes, that I remember going up on the roof myself to clean the gutters.
- Yeah, time to change your rain gutters task management campaigns.
- Gutty A gutter for that, because where a gutter isn't behind the shower head, you know what I'm saying?
Examples
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Make sure to clean the gutters regularly to prevent water damage to your home.
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No, I picked up some extra work clearing gutters, so I'll be doing that tonight.
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We spent half a day clearing the gutter of one of the fishing villages.
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We could hear the rain running down the gutters of the building.
Fiction book (1992) -
Gotta make sure the gutters are fully functional.
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Rainfall ran off the roof, down new aluminum gutters, and into a several-hundred-gallon tank.
Academic text (1996) -
A metal rain gutter sloped down the slippery shale roof to provide a handhold.
Fiction book (1991) -
The builder installed new gutters to collect the rainwater from the roof.
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After the storm, the gutter was clogged with leaves and debris.
Synonyms
Compounds
- Offensive
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Newspapers or magazines that print scandal stories and invade people's privacy to sell more copies
How Big
Surface Forms
Etymology
Gutter comes from an old word for a 'drop', because a gutter is the channel that catches drops of rain from a roof. So a gutter is the narrow track that carries rainwater away from a house.