noun Download 🔗Share A container like an open bucket (usually to hold and carry coal). Examples : "The janitor filled two scuttles with cleaning supplies before starting his shift. " item utensil material Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A broad, shallow basket. Examples : "The farmer carried his freshly picked apples in two large scuttles. " utensil item Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A dish, platter or a trencher. Examples : "The kitchen helper stacked the clean scuttles neatly after washing them. " utensil food Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A small hatch or opening in a boat. Also, small opening in a boat or ship for draining water from open deck. Examples : "The sailor quickly opened the deck's scuttles to drain the rainwater after the storm. " nautical sailing vehicle structure technical Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A hatch that provides access to the roof from the interior of a building. Examples : "The maintenance worker opened the scuttles to inspect the roof after the storm. " architecture building Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To cut a hole or holes through the bottom, deck, or sides of (as of a ship), for any purpose. Examples : "The captain scuttles the abandoned ship to prevent it from becoming a hazard to navigation. " nautical sailing military Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To deliberately sink one's ship or boat by any means, usually by order of the vessel's commander or owner. Examples : "Fearing capture by the enemy, the captain scuttles his ship off the coast. " nautical military action war sailing vehicle ocean history Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share (by extension, in figurative use) Undermine or thwart oneself (sometimes intentionally), or denigrate or destroy one's position or property; compare scupper. Examples : "The candidate had scuttled his chances with his unhinged outburst." action business position negative Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A quick pace; a short run. Examples : "After a quick "heads up" from his mom, John made a scuttles to the door when he heard the ice cream truck approaching the street. " action way Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To move hastily, to scurry. Examples : "Seeing the approaching dog, the mouse scuttles under the couch. " action animal Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
