gurt
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- IPA /ˈɡɜːt/
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gurt noun
- A gutter or channel for water, hewn out of the bottom of a working drift.
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gurt adjective
- Relatively large in scale, size, extent, number (i.e. having many parts or members) or duration (i.e. relatively long); very big.“A great storm is approaching our shores.”
- Of larger size or more importance than others of its kind.“the great auk”
- (qualifying nouns of family relationship) Involving more generations than the qualified word implies — as many extra generations as repetitions of the word great (from 1510s). [see Derived terms]“great-grandfather, great-great-grandfather, great-great-great-grandfather”
- (followed by 'with') Pregnant; large with young; full of.“great with child”
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