shunt

/ʃˈʌnt/ · 1 syllable

Meaning

noun

1. a passage by which a bodily fluid (especially blood) is diverted from one channel to another
   “an arteriovenus shunt”
2. a conductor having low resistance in parallel with another device to divert a fraction of the current
3. implant consisting of a tube made of plastic or rubber; for draining fluids within the body

verb

1. transfer to another track, of trains
2. provide with or divert by means of an electrical shunt

Synonyms for shunt

• electrical shunt
• bypass

Words that rhyme with shunt

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• front
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• lakefront
• manhunt
• oceanfront
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• bunte
• dillahunt
• glunt
• hundt
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• riverfront