glut

About 0.51 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun An excess, too much.

   a glut of the market

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

Similar words

oversupply overindulge satiate surfeit overeat overgorge engorge pig out ingurgitate gormandise

Often followed by

of in the and on their his is themselves

Word family

gluts glutted glutting