There was a glut of cotton goods due to cheap imports.
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Glut
//ɡlʌt//
Synonyms for "glut" (135 found)
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Related words (67)
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2 entriesSynonyms
3 entriesRelated terms
2 entriesderived
6 entrieshas context
3 entriesis a
1 entriesrelated to
17 entriesShowing 16 of 17 words.
Translations
45 translations across 16 languages.
Bulgarian
3 entries- насищане noun (excess)
- насищам verb (to fill to capacity — see also sate)
- пресищам verb (to fill to capacity — see also sate)
Czech
4 entries- nadbytek noun (excess)
- přebytek noun (excess)
- přesycení (trhu) noun (excess)
- přesytit verb (to provide with so much of a product that the supply greatly exceeds the demand)
Dutch
4 entries- blok noun (mining: piece of wood used to fill up behind cribbing or tubbing)
- overmaat noun (excess)
- oververzadiging noun (excess)
- slok noun (that which is swallowed)
Finnish
3 entries- liika noun (excess)
- ylijäämä noun (excess)
- ylimääräinen noun (excess)
French
2 entries- gargantuer verb (to eat gluttonously)
- inonder verb (to provide with so much of a product that the supply greatly exceeds the demand)
German
4 entries- Schwemme noun (excess)
- Überfluss noun (excess)
- Überschuss noun (excess)
- auffüllen verb (to fill to capacity — see also sate)
Irish
3 entries- anluchtaigh verb (to fill to capacity — see also sate)
- anluchtaigh verb (to eat gluttonously)
- calc verb (to provide with so much of a product that the supply greatly exceeds the demand)
Italian
4 entries- eccesso noun (excess)
- pletora noun (excess)
- sazietà noun (excess)
- scorpacciata noun (excess)
Japanese
1 entries- 飽食する verb (to fill to capacity — see also sate)
Kabuverdianu
1 entries- farta verb (to fill to capacity — see also sate)
Māori
1 entries- apu verb (to eat gluttonously)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Äwafluss noun (excess)
Portuguese
3 entries- excesso noun (excess)
- empanturrar-se verb (to eat gluttonously)
- saciar verb (to fill to capacity — see also sate)
Russian
2 entries- засор noun (something that fills up an opening; a clog)
- изли́шество noun (excess)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- sàsaich verb (to fill to capacity — see also sate)
Spanish
2 entries- glotonear verb (to eat gluttonously)
- saciar verb (to fill to capacity — see also sate)
Sample sentences
15 total sentences available.
Cheap imports will glut the market.
Source: tatoeba (28499)
He often bemoaned the glut of capital sloshing around the industry.
Source: tatoeba (12914104)
a glut of the market
Source: wiktionary
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