glut
Meaning
-
- An excess, too much.
- That which is swallowed.
- Something that fills up an opening.
- A wooden wedge used in splitting blocks.
- A piece of wood used to fill up behind cribbing or tubbing.
- A bat, or small piece of brick, used to fill out a course.
- An arched opening to the ashpit of a kiln.
- A block used for a fulcrum.
- The broad-nosed eel (Anguilla anguilla, syn. Anguilla latirostris), found in Europe, Asia, the West Indies, etc.
- Five goals scored by one player in a game.
Synonyms
scarf out
have enough
closer brick
owerflow
over-production
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɡlʌt/
Etymology
From Middle English glotien, from Old French gloter, glotir (compare French engloutir (“to devour”), glouton (“glutton”)), from Latin gluttiō, gluttīre (“I swallow”). Akin to Russian глотать (glotatʹ, “to swallow”).
Bookmark this
Improve your pronunciation
Write this word
Start learning English with learnfeliz.
Practice speaking and memorizing "glut" and many other words and sentences in English.
Go to our English course page
Notes