noun
glut
Glut (noun) means a much larger amount of something than is needed.
noun
1
A much larger amount of something than is needed.
"“The glut is getting bigger every day, and now you’re starting to have to compete more on price,” says Jim Mikesell, Dog Star’s CEO. The company is looking into other uses for its crop."
— Aarian Marshall, Why Farmers Are Dumping Milk, Even as People Go Hungry (2020)
"Indeed, it was clear from the outset that anyone hoping for a repeat of last weekend's Premier League goal glut would have to look beyond St Andrew's."
— Les Roopanarine, Birmingham 1 – 0 Stoke (2011)
2
Something that has been swallowed.
3
Something used to fill or block a gap.
4
A wooden wedge used for splitting logs.
"The white oak is laid on the ground, then rived down the middle using first an axe to create the split in the end grain, then a maul to hammer "gluts" — iron or wooden wedges — down the log's length to split it apart."
— Nicholas R. Bell, A Measure of the Earth (2013)
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Etymology
Inherited from Middle English glotien / glotten, probably derived from Old French gloter / glotir / glotoiier (“to eat greedily”) — compare French engloutir (“to devour”) and French glouton (“glutton”) — which in turn derives from Latin gluttiō, gluttīre (“to swallow”). Compare also Russian глота́ть (glotátʹ, “to swallow”).
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What is the meaning of glut?
"glut" (noun) means a much larger amount of something than is needed.
What is another word for glut?
Other words for "glut" include surfeit, oversupply.
What is the opposite of glut?
Opposites of "glut" include scarcity, lack, dearth, paucity, shortage.
What are the different meanings of glut?
"glut" has 3 main meanings: 1. A much larger amount of something than is needed; 2. Something that has been swallowed; 3. Something used to fill or block a gap.
