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Noun scuttle has 2 senses
- scuttle, coal scuttle - container for coal; shaped to permit pouring the coal onto the fire
 
--1 is a kind of container 
 - hatchway, opening, scuttle - an entrance equipped with a hatch; especially a passageway between decks of a ship
 
--2 is a kind of entrance, entranceway, entryway, entry, entree 
--2 has parts: hatch
 --2 has particulars: escape hatch
   
Verb scuttle has 1 sense
- scurry, scamper, skitter, scuttle - to move about or proceed hurriedly; "so terrified by the extraordinary ebbing of the sea that they scurried to higher ground"
 
--1 is one way to run 
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