Home › Words › C › culliscullis/ˈkʌlɪs/cullis means A surname.cullis is pronounced /ˈkʌlɪs/.EtymologyFrench coulisse (“groove”).nameA surname.nounA gutter in a roof.A channel or groove, as for a side-scene in a theatre.A strong meat broth, strained and made clear for someone who is ille.g.“When I am excellent at caudles And cullises […] you shall be welcome to me.” — 1609–1612, Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher, “The Captaine”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1647, →OCLC, Act I, scene iii:a savoury jelly.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.cullage 65% match — That which is culled; material cut off. vs cullis →gutterspout 64% match — The spout of a gutter. vs cullis →calingula 63% match — A sluice or escape in irrigation works. vs cullis →gully 61% match — A trench, ravine or narrow channel which was worn by water flow, especially on a hillside. vs cullis →cundard 58% match — A drain. vs cullis →gutters 58% match — mud; dirt vs cullis →downspouting 58% match — A downspout. vs cullis →compluvium 57% match — A space left unroofed over the court of a dwelling in Ancient Rome, through which the rain fell into the impluvium or cistern. vs cullis →