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gutter

/ˈɡʌt.ə/

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noun

A prepared channel in a surface, especially at the side of a road adjacent to a curb, intended for the drainage of water.
A ditch along the side of a road.
A duct or channel beneath the eaves of a building to carry rain water; eavestrough.
"The gutters must be cleared of leaves a few times a year."
A groove down the sides of a bowling lane.
A large groove (commonly behind animals) in a barn used for the collection and removal of animal excrement.
Any narrow channel or groove, such as one formed by erosion in the vent of a gun from repeated firing.
A space between printed columns of text.
One of a number of pieces of wood or metal, grooved in the centre, used to separate the pages of type in a form.
An unprinted space between rows of stamps.
A drainage channel.
The notional locus of things, acts, or events which are distasteful, ill bred or morally questionable.
A low, vulgar state.
"Get your mind out of the gutter."
The spaces between comic book panels

To flow or stream; to form gutters.
(of a candle) To melt away by having the molten wax run down along the side of the candle.
(of a small flame) To flicker as if about to be extinguished.
To send (a bowling ball) into the gutter, not hitting any pins.
To supply with a gutter or gutters.
To cut or form into small longitudinal hollows; to channel.

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