Phrase Hound found 11 phrases and 9 compound words that contain scuttle. The most common are listed below. Open scuttle in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 11
- coal scuttleA metal container of varying shapes, equipped with a handle for carrying coal for use on a domestic fire.
- scuttle-buttAlternative form of scuttlebutt: Originally (now chiefly historical), a cask with a hole cut into its top, used to provide drinking water on board a ship; now (by extension, informal), a drinking fountain on a modern ship.
- scuttle fliesplural of scuttle fly: Megaselia scalaris, a phorid fly.
- scuttle flyMegaselia scalaris, a phorid fly.
- coal-scuttle bonnetA kind of woman's bonnet, shaped like an inverted coal scuttle.
- scuttle-buttsplural of scuttle-butt (alternative form of scuttlebutts)
- scuttle-buttedsimple past and past participle of scuttle-butt (alternative form of scuttlebutted)
- scuttle-buttingpresent participle and gerund of scuttle-butt (alternative form of scuttlebutting)
- coal scuttle helmetA style of soldier's helmet that is almost identical to resembles the helmet used by current Chilean soldiery, German soldiery at the end of World War I and during World War II, and Chinese soldiery during the Second Sino-Japanese War.
- coal scuttle helmetsplural of coal scuttle helmet: A style of soldier's helmet that is almost identical to resembles the helmet used by current Chilean soldiery, German soldiery at the end of World War I and during World War II, and Chinese soldiery during …
- coal-scuttle bonnetsplural of coal-scuttle bonnet: A kind of woman's bonnet, shaped like an inverted coal scuttle.
Compound words 9
- scuttlefulEnough to fill a scuttle.
- scuttlerA kind of striped lizard.
- scuttlebuttOriginally (now chiefly historical), a cask with a hole cut into its top, used to provide drinking water on board a ship; now (by extension, informal), a drinking fountain on a modern ship.
- scuttlebugMisspelling of scuttlebutt: Originally (now chiefly historical), a cask with a hole cut into its top, used to provide drinking water on board a ship; now (by extension, informal), a drinking fountain on a modern ship.
- scuttlebuttedsimple past and past participle of scuttlebutt
- scuttlebuttingpresent participle and gerund of scuttlebutt
- scuttlebuttsplural of scuttlebutt: Originally (now chiefly historical), a cask with a hole cut into its top, used to provide drinking water on board a ship; now (by extension, informal), a drinking fountain on a modern ship.
- scuttlefishSynonym of cuttlefish: Any squid-like cephalopods (marine mollusks) of the order Sepiida that have eight arms, two retractable tentacles, and a calcareous internal shell, and can eject a dark ink when threatened.
- rumpscuttleA tomboy; a boyish girl.