Word Type

Verb

Noun

The word "shunt" can be used as verb and noun.

Word Relationships

Derived Terms

Ayrton shunt backshunt head shunt headshunt mis-shunt nonshunted shuntable shunter shunting universal shunt unshunted

Etymologically Related To

shun

Context

britain computing dialectal electricity firearms medicine rail transport road transport surgery veterinary medicine

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

conductor deviate implant passage passageway shift transfer

Type Of (IsA)

bypass conductor implant passage

Manner Of

deviate transfer

Part Of

circuit

Related Terms

abnormal alternative away body carriage circuit collision connection create current data disk divert electric electrical fluid important memory motor car passage path provide railway shunt gun sudden suddenly surgically tube turn vehicle

Synonym Network

bypass

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.