Glut

Quick meaning: Glut is a noun meaning An excess, too much.

Meaning

An excess, too much.

More Meanings

1. That which is swallowed.
2. Something that fills up an opening.
3. A wooden wedge used in splitting blocks.
4. (mining) A piece of wood used to fill up behind cribbing or tubbing.
5. (bricklaying) A bat, or small piece of brick, used to fill out a course.
6. (architecture) An arched opening to the ashpit of a kiln.
7. A block used for a fulcrum.

Example Sentences

a glut of the market

A glut of those talents which raise men to eminence.

And all their entrails tore, disgorging foul / Their devilish glut, […]

Four goals scored by a single player in a match can be described as a 'haul', while five goals is unofficially a 'glut'.

Word Forms

• gluts
• glutting
• glutted

Synonyms for glut

Depending on context, synonyms include excess, overabundance, plethora, slew, surfeit, surplus.

Antonyms for glut

Common opposites include lack, shortage, munch, nibble.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include oversupply, overindulge, satiate, surfeit, overeat, overgorge.

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