spillage
pronunciation
How to pronounce spillage in British English:
UK [ˈspɪlɪdʒ]
How to pronounce spillage in American English:
US [ˈspɪlɪdʒ]
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- Noun:
- the amount that has spilled
- the act of allowing a fluid to escape
Word Origin
- spillage (n.)
- 1838, from spill (v.) + -age. Shakespeare used spilth "that which has spilled, act of spilling" ("Timon," 1607), which was picked up by Browning, etc.
Example
- 1. A few children crawled beneath the tanker in the hope of catching the spillage .
- 2. Building it would take days , if not weeks , but officials in scotland favour doing so to avoid the risk of spillage .
- 3. This feature protects against any spillage during start-up operation .
- 4. The impact on the environment of this massive oil spillage is imponderable .
- 5. It is not clear whether the sewage systems that have not reported such dumping are doing any better , because data on overflows and spillage are often incomplete .