guttering

incontable

A noun referring to the system of gutters on a building, or the material used to make them, used for collecting and channeling rainwater from the roof.

• 🇪🇸Sustantivo que designa el sistema de canalones en un edificio o el material utilizado para fabricarlos, que sirve para recoger y evacuar el agua de lluvia del tejado.

1. Rainwater drainage system B1 formal british

   A channel or trough fixed under the edge of a roof for carrying away rainwater.

   • The guttering needs to be cleaned before winter.
   • He repaired the broken section of the guttering.
   • Leaves blocked the guttering, causing water to overflow.

   🇪🇸Canalón de tejado

   Sinónimos: gutter

• gutterings plural form
• gutterings' possessive plural form
• guttering's possessive singular form

A verb used to describe a flame or candle burning unsteadily and threatening to go out, or to describe a flow of water in a channel.

• 🇪🇸Verbo que describe una llama o vela que arde de manera irregular y amenaza con apagarse, o el fluir del agua por un canal o desagüe.

1. Flow or stream C1 formal

   To flow or stream in a channel, like water in a gutter.

   • Rainwater gutters down the street after a storm.
   • The melted snow gutters along the pavement.
   • Water gutters from the roof into the drain.

   🇪🇸Fluir en canal

   Sinónimos: channelcourseflowrunstreamtrickle

2. Flicker or burn unsteadily C2 formal

   To burn or flicker unsteadily, as a candle flame does when it is about to go out.

   • The candle guttered in the drafty room.
   • Her hope guttered like a dying flame.
   • The lamp guttered and then went out completely.

   🇪🇸vacilar (una llama)

   Sinónimos: flickerfluttersputterwaver

• guttered past participle
• guttered past simple
• guttering present participle
• gutters third person singular