Synonyms for scuttle

Synonyms for (noun) scuttle

Synonyms: hatchway, scuttle, opening

Definition: an entrance equipped with a hatch; especially a passageway between decks of a ship

Similar words: entrance, entranceway, entree, entry, entryway

Definition: something that provides access (to get in or get out)

Usage: they waited at the entrance to the garden; beggars waited just outside the entryway to the cathedral


Synonyms: scuttle, coal scuttle

Definition: container for coal; shaped to permit pouring the coal onto the fire

Similar words: container

Definition: any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another)


Synonyms for (verb) scuttle

Synonyms: scamper, scurry, scuttle, skitter

Definition: to move about or proceed hurriedly

Usage: so terrified by the extraordinary ebbing of the sea that they scurried to higher ground

Similar words: run

Definition: move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time

Usage: Don't run--you'll be out of breath; The children ran to the store


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