Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The act of spilling.
- noun An amount spilled.
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- noun that which has been
spilled
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- noun the amount that has spilled
- noun the act of allowing a fluid to escape
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Examples
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I live in front of my computer so, for me, occaisional spillage is inevitable.
How To Save Your Keyboard After A Spill | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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Much of the spillage is not from oil drilling, but from smaller oil storage amounts or distribution facilities.
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If a political agreement fails, then troops should be withdrawn to border areas to try to contain the spillage from the civil war into the region.
Leaving Iraq 2007
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If a political agreement fails, then troops should be withdrawn to border areas to try to contain the spillage from the civil war into the region.
Leaving Iraq 2007
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I find the soaked cotton balls are easier to contain and handle, you can pour more mixture on them when they start to dry and the chance of spillage is lower.
Cockroaches 2007
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Newer: this weekend is all about … big and what great stuff is and what great stuff is there to write about tonight? so yeah, a web log is cheep therapy, not good writing. what else is new? it’s the same sort of brain spillage that has always filled my various diaries - I’m just more self-consious … because I do know that it’s public. that’s actually a weird part of the appeal.
and what great stuff is - emergency weblog; or: epersonae; or: elaine nelson 2001
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He did the Math and figured out that 10,000 barrels of oil (aka the spillage of oil in two days) could fill up a Victorian home in San Francisco.
Original Design And Architecture: Modern Home in Spain by OmasC Architects 2010
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Deficit – An excuse to do anything really out of order, eg: "Yes, I did spill red wine on your new white carpet, but what you must remember is that Labour left that carpet with a deficit of red wine; my spillage was the only responsible course of action."
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Deficit - An excuse to do anything really out of order, eg: "Yes, I did spill red wine on your new white carpet, but what you must remember is that Labour left that carpet with a deficit of red wine; my spillage was the only responsible course of action."
The Guardian World News Rafael Behr 2010
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Deficit - An excuse to do anything really out of order, eg: "Yes, I did spill red wine on your new white carpet, but what you must remember is that Labour left that carpet with a deficit of red wine; my spillage was the only responsible course of action."
The Guardian World News Rafael Behr 2010
spitshine commented on the word spillage
Another word with no equivalent one in German.
December 6, 2006