Glut

Definitions

1. An excess, too much.
2. That which is swallowed.
3. Something that fills up an opening.
4. A wooden wedge used in splitting blocks.
5. A piece of wood used to fill up behind cribbing or tubbing.
6. A bat, or small piece of brick, used to fill out a course.
7. An arched opening to the ashpit of a kiln.
8. A block used for a fulcrum.
9. The broad-nosed eel (Anguilla anguilla, syn. Anguilla latirostris), found in Europe, Asia, the West Indies, etc.
10. Five goals scored by one player in a game.
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Equivalents

14 more languages

العربيةالتخمة

Bosanskiblok

Češtinanadbytekpřebytek

Suomiliikaylijäämäylimääräinen

Gaeilgeanluchtaighcalc

Gàidhligsàsaich

Hrvatskiblok

Italianoeccessopletorasazietàscorpacciata+ 1 more

日本語飽食する

Kurdîblok

Nederlandsblokovermaatoververzadigingslokwig+ 2 more

Portuguêsempanturrar-seexcessosaciar

Русскийзасоризлишество

Српскиblok

Examples

“a glut of the market”

“A glut of those talents which raise⟳ men to eminence.”

“Indeed, it was clear from the outset that anyone hoping for a repeat⟳ of last⟳ weekend's Premier League goal glut would have⟳ to look⟳ beyond St Andrew's.”

““The glut is getting bigger every day, and now you’re starting to have⟳ to compete⟳ more on price,” says Jim Mikesell, Dog Star’s CEO. The company is looking into other uses for its crop.”

“As the glut of new orders placed in the optimistic pre-pandemic years (worth billions of pounds) reaches its conclusion, production lines in Newton Aycliffe, Derby and Newport face⟳ a potentially barren future - as well as job losses that will be devastating for their communities and supply⟳ chains.”

“And all their entrails tore, disgorging foul / Their devilish glut, […]”

“The white oak is laid on the ground, then rived down the middle using first an axe to create⟳ the split⟳ in the end⟳ grain, then a maul to hammer⟳ "gluts" — iron⟳ or wooden wedges — down the log's length to split⟳ it apart.”

“Four goals scored by a single player in a match⟳ can be described as a 'haul', while five goals is unofficially a 'glut'.”

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