guttering

• Substantivo que designa o sistema de calhas de um edifício ou o material usado para fabricá-las, destinado a recolher e escoar a água da chuva do telhado.

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.

incontável

1. Rainwater drainage systemB1formalbritish

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

   Calha

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

   Sinônimosgutter

• Verbo usado para descrever uma chama ou vela que queima de forma irregular, ameaçando apagar-se, ou para descrever o fluxo de água em um canal ou calha.

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.

1. C1formal

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

   Escorrer

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

   Sinônimoschannelcourseflowrunstreamtrickle

2. Flicker or burn unsteadilyC2formal

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

   Fulgurar

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

   Sinônimosflickerfluttersputterwaver