Defenition of the word scuttle

• Defenition of the word scuttle

  • an entrance equipped with a hatch; especially a passageway between decks of a ship
  • to move about or proceed hurriedly: "so terrified by the extraordinary ebbing of the sea that they scurried to higher ground."
  • for holding coal; shaped to permit pouring the coal onto the fire
  • container for coal; shaped to permit pouring the coal onto the fire
  • to move about or proceed hurriedly; "so terrified by the extraordinary ebbing of the sea that they scurried to higher ground"
  • to move about or proceed hurriedly

Synonyms for the word scuttle

• • coal scuttle
  • dart
  • dash
  • foil
  • hatchway
  • mess up
  • opening
  • ruin
  • rush
  • scamper
  • scurry
  • skitter
  • spoil
  • wreck

Similar words in the scuttle

• • scuttle
  • scuttle's
  • scuttlebutt
  • scuttlebutt's
  • scuttled
  • scuttles

Meronymys for the word scuttle

• • hatch

Hyponyms for the word scuttle

• • crab
  • escape hatch

Hypernyms for the word scuttle

• • container
  • entrance
  • entranceway
  • entree
  • entry
  • entryway
  • run

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