how to pronounce glut

/ɡlʌt/

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glut is pronounced in one syllable

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An example use of glut in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… necessarily get a glut at certain times …”

meanings of glut

noun:

A block used for a fulcrum.
The broad-nosed eel (Anguilla anguilla, syn. Anguilla latirostris), found in Europe, Asia, the West Indies, etc.
That which is swallowed.
A bat, or small piece of brick, used to fill out a course.
A wooden wedge used in splitting blocks.
An arched opening to the ashpit of a kiln.
Something that fills up an opening.
A piece of wood used to fill up behind cribbing or tubbing.
An excess, too much.

verb:

To eat gluttonously or to satiety.
To fill to capacity; to satisfy all demand or requirement; to sate.

glut frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word glut occurs in english on average 0.8 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics glut can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that glut can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) life, nature, and living environment;