scuttle
A container like an open bucketA container like an open bucket (usually to hold and carry coal).
» The ship was scuttled last year.
Meaning
8 sensesA container like an open bucket (usually to hold and carry coal).
Eimer, Kohleneimer, Kohlenschütte
container for coal; shaped to permit pouring the coal onto the fire
A broad, shallow basket.
A small hatch or opening in a boat, sometimes one used for draining water from open deck.
Luke, Bullauge
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A drained trough between the windscreen and bonnet of a motor vehicle, forming the intake to the heating/air-conditioning system, often also containing the windscreen wiper motor.
A drained trough between the windscreen and bonnet of a motor vehicle, forming the intake to the heating/air-conditioning system, often also containing the windscreen wiper motor.
By extension, the bulkhead at the front of the passenger compartment.
A hatch that provides access to the roof from the interior of a building.
Luke, Ausstiegsluke, Lüftungsklappe
A quick pace; a short run.
(Northern England, Scotland, obsolete)A dish, platter or a trencher.
Examples
14 sentencesThe ship was scuttled last year.
The centipede scuttled along the riverbank.
The black spider scuttled away quickly.
The centipede scuttled over the wooden boardwalk.
The black spider scuttled across the floor.
Translations
4 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 3
Origin
From Middle English scuttel, scutel, from Old English scutel (“dish, platter”), from LatinFrom Middle English scuttel, scutel, from Old English scutel (“dish, platter”), from Latin scutella, diminutive form of Latin scutra (“flat tray, dish”), perhaps related to Latin scutum (“shield”); compare Dutch schotel and German Schüssel.
Borrowed from Middle French escoutille (compare French écoutille), from Old Norse skaut (“corner of a cloth, of a sail”), or alternatively from Spanish escotilla, ultimately from Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌿𐍄𐍃 (skauts, “projecting edge, fringe”), from Proto-Germanic *skautaz (“corner; wedge; lap”). Compare German Schoß, Old English sċēat. More at sheet.
See scuddle.
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Forms
plural: scuttlesSynonyms
5 synonyms- container for coal; shaped to permit pouring the coal onto the fire:coal scuttle
- an entrance equipped with a hatch; especially a passageway between decks of a ship:hatchwayopening