Meaning of Glut | Babel Free

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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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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