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gutter

 
/ˈgʌt̬·ər/ n [C] (CHANNEL)

Definition

a channel at the lower edge of a roof for carrying away rain, or a side of a road that is lower than the center of the road, where water and garbage collects: Every fall we have to clean leaves out of the gutters.
(Definition of gutter n (CHANNEL) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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