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.
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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If a political agreement fails, then troops should be withdrawn to border areas to try to contain the spillage from the civil war into the region.
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If a political agreement fails, then troops should be withdrawn to border areas to try to contain the spillage from the civil war into the region.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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."
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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."
spitshine commented on the word spillage
Another word with no equivalent one in German.
December 6, 2006