Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun scuttle

2 senses of scuttle

Sense 1
scuttle, coal scuttle -- (container for coal; shaped to permit pouring the coal onto the fire)
       => container -- (any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another))

Sense 2
hatchway, opening, scuttle -- (an entrance equipped with a hatch; especially a passageway between decks of a ship)
       => entrance, entranceway, entryway, entry, entree -- (something that provides access (to get in or get out); "they waited at the entrance to the garden"; "beggars waited just outside the entryway to the cathedral")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb scuttle

1 sense of scuttle

Sense 1
scurry, scamper, skitter, scuttle -- (to move about or proceed hurriedly; "so terrified by the extraordinary ebbing of the sea that they scurried to higher ground")
       => run -- (move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time; "Don't run--you'll be out of breath"; "The children ran to the store")