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skelter.

A gravity-based device used to store and rotate round food and drink in a first-in-first-out manner.

7 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun
  1. A gravity-based device used to store and rotate round food and drink in a first-in-first-out manner.

    After collecting them each day from the chicken coop, she put the eggs in her skelter until she needed them.
Where this word comes from

Compare helter-skelter.

verb
  1. To run off helter-skelter; to hurry; to scurry.

    colloquial
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Compare helter-skelter.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.