English Dictionary

glut

/ɡlʌt/

noun

An excess, too much. / That which is swallowed. / Something that fills up an opening. / A wooden wedge used in splitting blocks. / (mining) A piece of wood used to fill up behind cribbing or tubbing.

There was a glut of apples in the market, causing prices to drop.

意味（1）

An excess, too much.

a glut of the market

意味（2）

That which is swallowed.

And all their entrails tore, disgorging foul / Their devilish glut, …

意味（3）

Something that fills up an opening.

意味（4）

A wooden wedge used in splitting blocks.

意味（5）

(mining) A piece of wood used to fill up behind cribbing or tubbing.

意味（6）

(bricklaying) A bat, or small piece of brick, used to fill out a course.

意味（7）

(architecture) An arched opening to the ashpit of a kiln.

意味（8）

A block used for a fulcrum.

意味（9）

The broad-nosed eel (Anguilla anguilla, syn. Anguilla latirostris), found in Europe, Asia, the West Indies, etc.

意味（10）

(Britain, soccer) Five goals scored by one player in a game.

Four goals scored by a single player in a match can be described as a 'haul', while five goals is unofficially a 'glut'.