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glut

/ɡlʌt/

noun

Meaning

  • An excess, too much.

    "a glut of the market"

  • That which is swallowed.

  • Something that fills up an opening.

  • A wooden wedge used in splitting blocks.

  • A piece of wood used to fill up behind cribbing or tubbing.

  • (bricklaying) A bat, or small piece of brick, used to fill out a course.

  • An arched opening to the ashpit of a kiln.

  • A block used for a fulcrum.

  • The broad-nosed eel (Anguilla anguilla, syn. Anguilla latirostris), found in Europe, Asia, the West Indies, etc.

Synonyms

clog,
excess,
overabundance,
plethora,
slew,
surfeit,
surplus

verb

Meaning

  • To fill to capacity; to satisfy all demand or requirement; to sate.

    "to glut one's appetite"

  • To eat gluttonously or to satiety.