guttering
Eaves water channel
Guttering refers to the channels or troughs, usually along rooflines, that collect and direct rainwater away from a building.
In British usage, guttering is the standard term for what Americans call gutters: The guttering needs clearing before winter.
As an adjective, guttering describes a flame that flickers and threatens to go out: a guttering candle.
Vertical roof drainage pipe
- drainpipePipe for waste water
- eavesProjecting roof edges
- fasciaConnective tissue sheet
- rainwaterCollected atmospheric moisture
channel · spout · trough · soffit · bracket · silt · overflow · runoff
Solid-to-liquid transition
- waxPliable waterproof substance
- wickFuel-drawing cord
- flameBurning gas made visible
- drippingRendered cooking fat
sputter · flicker · tallow · paraffin · snuff · smoke · glow · teardrop
Gradual loss of intensity
- dyingCeasing to live
- failingFlaw in one's nature
- weakeningBecoming less strong
- sputteringParticle ejection from surfaces
declining · diminishing · faltering · ebbing · flickering · struggling · expiring · dwindling
downspout
Vertical roof drainage pipe
rainwater · channel · spout · trough · soffit · bracket · silt · overflow · runoff · hopper
melting
Solid-to-liquid transition
dripping · sputter · flicker · tallow · paraffin · snuff · smoke · glow · teardrop · extinguish
fading
Gradual loss of intensity
sputtering · declining · diminishing · faltering · ebbing · flickering · struggling · expiring · dwindling · subsiding
flicker
Unsteady, brief light
dim · falter · glow · tremble · oscillate · quiver · unsteady · dying · fading · weakening
- constructionconstruction site, building site, hammer, building, beam
- fire statesablaze, afire, aflame, alight, blazing
- Conservatory termsorangery, sunroom, greenhouse, solarium, winter garden
- British homesfront door, back door, front garden, back garden, hallway
- roofingshingle, shingles, tile, asphalt shingles, metal roofing
gutteringroofing
Installing overhead shelter material
shingles · tiles · downspouts · foundation