scuttle

1. n. A broad, shallow basket. Source: opted

2. n. A wide-mouthed vessel for holding coal: a coal hod. Source: opted

3. v. i. To run with affected precipitation; to hurry; to bustle; to scuddle. Source: opted

4. n. A quick pace; a short run. Source: opted

5. n. A small opening in an outside wall or covering, furnished with a lid. Source: opted

6. n. A small opening or hatchway in the deck of a ship, large enough to admit a man, and with a lid for covering it, also, a like hole in the side or bottom of a ship. Source: opted

7. n. An opening in the roof of a house, with a lid. Source: opted

8. n. The lid or door which covers or closes an opening in a roof, wall, or the like. Source: opted

9. v. t. To cut a hole or holes through the bottom, deck, or sides of (as of a ship), for any purpose. Source: opted

10. v. t. To sink by making holes through the bottom of; as, to scuttle a ship. Source: opted

11. n. container for coal; shaped to permit pouring the coal onto the fire Source: wordnet

12. n. an entrance equipped with a hatch; especially a passageway between decks of a ship Source: wordnet

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