scuttle
Noun
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Container for coal;
Shaped to permit pouring the coal onto the fire (synset 104165063)is a type of: container - any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another)same as: coal scuttle -
An entrance equipped with a hatch;
Especially a passageway between decks of a ship (synset 103504286)is a type of: entrance, entranceway, entree, entry, entryway - something that provides access (to get in or get out)subtypes: escape hatch - hatchway that provides a means of escape in an emergencyhas: hatch - a movable barrier covering a hatchway
Verb
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To move about or proceed hurriedly (synset 201906398)
"so terrified by the extraordinary ebbing of the sea that they scurried to higher ground"is a type of: run - move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given timesubtypes: crab - scurry sideways like a crab
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