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gutter

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of gutter

1 a pipe or channel for carrying off water from a roof
  • One of his chores is to clean leaves and sticks out of the gutters before winter sets in.
Synonyms of gutter

drainpipe, eaves trough, rainspout, spout, trough, waterspout
Words Related to gutter

drain, flume, sluice

conduit, duct

aqueduct
2 a long narrow channel dug in the earth
  • rainwater running off the road into the gutters
Synonyms of gutter

dike, ditch, trench, trough
Words Related to gutter

culvert, drain, draw, gully (also gulley), ravine

drill, furrow

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