Definition of "glut" []

To fill beyond capacity, especially with food; satiate. (verb-transitive)
To flood (a market) with an excess of goods so that supply exceeds demand. (verb-transitive)
To eat or indulge in something excessively. (verb-intransitive)
An oversupply. (noun)

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Use "glut" in a sentence

"But this is precisely what is meant by the term glut, which, in this case, is evidently general not partial ..."
"As we keep mentioning, the only glut is over-graded dreck."
"That policy has created at least a short-term glut of equipment on the market."

Words like "glut"

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overmuchness oversupply plethora provide render sate satiate

shortage slew superabundance supply surfeit