gutter
Roof's drainage path
A gutter is a depressed area in which water or other liquid collects.
Gutters are installed around the edges of roofs to carry rain to a downspout, and they run along the sides of roads for proper drainage.
If someone is in the gutter they are in a low, poor condition – as if by the side of the road.
As an adjective, gutter means low and vulgar (gutter talk).
When a candle gutters, liquid wax runs down its side.
Vertical roof drainage pipe
- rainwaterCollected atmospheric moisture
- stormwaterSurface flow from precipitation
- sewerUnderground drainage pipe
- culvertTunnel for water passage
runoff · drainpipe · channel · eave · eavestrough · spout · outflow · conduit
Roof's projecting edge
- downspoutVertical roof drainage pipe
- fasciaConnective tissue sheet
- flashingRepeated brief illumination
- roofBuilding's protective top
shingles · soffit · drainpipe · rain chain
Edge of a page
- columnVertical structural element
- foldBend onto itself
- bindingLegally or morally required
- bleedLose vital fluid
spread · crease · center · galley · proof · leading · layout · page
Impoverished urban district
- povertySevere lack of resources
- streetlifeActivity in public ways
- homelessnessLacking permanent residence
- squalorDirty, degraded living conditions
filth · skid row · destitution · lowlife · dregs · gritty · grime · derelict
Designated travel strip
downspout
Vertical roof drainage pipe
- rainwaterCollected atmospheric moisture
- stormwaterSurface flow from precipitation
- sewerUnderground drainage pipe
culvert · runoff · drainpipe · channel · eave · eavestrough · spout · outflow · conduit · overflow
eave
Roof's projecting edge
- downspoutVertical roof drainage pipe
- fasciaConnective tissue sheet
- flashingRepeated brief illumination
roof · shingles · soffit · drainpipe · rain chain
margin
Edge of a page
bleed · spread · crease · center · galley · proof · leading · layout · page
slum
Impoverished urban district
- povertySevere lack of resources
- streetlifeActivity in public ways
- homelessnessLacking permanent residence
squalor · filth · skid row · destitution · lowlife · dregs · gritty · grime · derelict · underclass
lane
Designated travel strip
spare · frame · approach · oil · hook · split · foul line · bumper
trough
Open container for animal feed
wax
Pliable waterproof substance
- bowlingbowling pin, bowling ball, bowling pins, bowling balls, bowling lane
- hollowscavity, crater, hollow, dent, hole
- house exteriorsfront door, siding, roof, windows, garage door
- streetscapestreet lamp, street trees, streetlight, street furniture, street light
- urban infrastructurepower grid, parking lot, highway, water supply, sewage system
- urban neighborhoodneighborhood, block party, corner store, sidewalk, stoop
gutterwholesome
Conducive to well-being
clean · decent · pure · refined · respectable
gutterpalace
Monarch's official residence
penthouse · mansion · ivory tower · high society · aristocracy
- gutter ballRoll into side trench
- rain guttersRoof-edge drainage channels
- cleaning guttersRemoving debris from roof channels
- in the gutter
- gutter mouthHabitual profane speaker
- gutter humorTasteless, crude jokes
gutters, guttered, guttering, guttersnipe, gutter ball, guttersnipes, gutterball, rain gutter, gutterless