GUTTERING Synonyms: 25 Similar and Opposite Words

guttering

verb

Definition of guttering

present participle of gutter

as in smelting

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My five children had the joy of experiencing Donna’s warmth and the warmth of those doughnuts melting in your mouth.

— Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 29 Oct. 2026
Some days are meant for just melting on your couch and shooting some hoops on your PS5, knowing that your tech has your back.

— Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of melting

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Hertzberg said he’s talked to investors who may be willing to buy these bonds at cheaper rates, given the crushing issue the funding is trying to solve.

— Audrey McGlinchy, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2026
For this week, however, Morris is an evil stepsibling, the 49ers’ defensive coordinator trying to slow down Robinson and the Falcons’ offense.

— Daniel Flick, AJC.com, 24 Oct. 2026

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The ice may be thawing in the United States-Canada trade negotiations as the former heads into a contentious midterm season and the latter grapples with a flagging export economy.

— Kate Nishimura, Footwear News, 26 Oct. 2026
Two bags of partially frozen meat were thawing at room temperature on the prep sink drain board.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of thawing

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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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Maslansky was married to Michael Maslansky — a founding partner (with Pat Kingsley and Neil Koenigsberg) of what would become PMK Public Relations — from 1975 until his death in 1993 of stroke complications at age 55.

— Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2026
In June, Advance became Avalo’s founding mill partner for the denim market across China, Vietnam and Cambodia.

— Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 23 Oct. 2026

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