scuttle
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8.4
- noun
- /ˈskʌtəl/
- Archaic
:
cubo de carbón
- Every winter, we would use the metal scuttle to keep the fire burning brightly in the hearth.
- coal scuttle
Examples
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As she waited for the kettle to boil, she looked around for something to do, but the breakfast dishes were washed, the plants watered, and the coal scuttle was full.
Fiction book (1996) -
She leaped onto the coal scuttle and stamped her feet on the shiny black metal.
Fiction book (1999) -
"'Make up the fires and buy another coal scuttle...
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Each teacher will bring a bucket of water and a scuttle of coal for the day's sessions.
Blog text (4) -
The charcoal scuttle was empty.
Fiction book (2001) -
...and buy another scuttle of coal before you dot another "I," Bob Cratchit.
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I put down the charcoal scuttle and bent over the cage to peer inside.
Fiction book (2001) -
In the corridor, the clash and shuffle of the chambermaid with her scuttle of kindling grew nearer.
Fiction book (1992) -
If you cheated and folded your sheets and blankets together, or were not tidy enough, you had to carry scuttles of coal to the school building from the shed down the road.
Fiction book (1998) -
The old coal scuttle sat in the corner, waiting to be filled for the evening fire.
Synonyms
A metal container with a sloping front for holding and pouring coal into a fire
Compounds
- Archaic
A metal container with a sloping front for holding and pouring coal into a fire
Surface Forms
Etymology
Scuttle (coal bucket) probably comes from an old word for a small container or 'scoop' used to move coal. Think of the special metal 'coal bucket' you keep by the fire—that is a scuttle.