GUTTERING Synonyms: 25 Similar and Opposite Words

guttering

verb

Definition of guttering

present participle of gutter

as in smelting

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The topping, a mixture of heavy cream and mascarpone, is light and creamy without melting as easily in the summer heat.

— Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 5 July 2026
When a large body hits, some of the impact energy goes into vaporizing or melting rock right at the impact site.

— Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 5 July 2026

Definition of melting

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What’s more, its high starch content helps maintain its texture even after thawing.

— Kirsten Nunez, Martha Stewart, 15 July 2026
American Airlines started flying non-stop between Miami and Maracaibo on Tuesday, another sign that relations between the United States and Venezuela are thawing.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 14 July 2026

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Summit has proposed capturing CO2 emissions from dozens of ethanol plants in Iowa, Minnesota, South Dakota and Nebraska, liquefying it under pressure and transporting it via the pipeline to North Dakota, to sequester it deep underground.

— Donnelle Eller, Des Moines Register, 13 Feb. 2026
Their chemical concoction containing the bacterium is then pumped in, liquefying the rock underground.

— Kelsey Brown, San Antonio Express-News, 12 Jan. 2026

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Bruce Rogow, a constitutional-law attorney and founding professor of the Nova Southeastern University of Law Center, said looking into someone’s information that is already public record might have been acceptable for FWC to have done.

— David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 18 July 2026
So founding a college bestows some measure of immortality, enduring long beyond the life of the founder.

— Ryan Craig, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026

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