shunt
NOUNVERB
/ʃənt/
5 LETTERS · 1 SYLLABLE · STARTS WITH S
shunt is a valid 5-letter word worth 8 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
SCRABBLE
WORDS WITH FRIENDS
S1H4U1N1T1
1 + 4 + 1 + 1 + 1 =8 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 16TRIPLE WORD → 24
MEANING
What does shunt mean?
NOUN · 3 SENSES
1
A conductor having low resistance in parallel with another device to divert a fraction of the current.
SYNONYMS
BROADER
2
A passage by which a bodily fluid (especially blood) is diverted from one channel to another.
“an arteriovenus shunt”
BROADER
NARROWER
3
Implant consisting of a tube made of plastic or rubber; for draining fluids within the body.
BROADER
VERB · 2 SENSES
1
Provide with or divert by means of an electrical shunt.
BROADER
2
Transfer to another track, of trains.
BROADER
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