spout

CEFRB2

/spaʊt/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A tube through which liquid or air comes out.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A stream or discharge of liquid, typically with some degree of force.

Examples

  • You must align the faucet spout with the sink drain.

  • You must replace the cracked faucet spout.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5

Also pronounced

  • /spʌʊt/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A waterspout (“channel through which water is discharged, especially from the gutters of a roof”).

  2. A tube or lip through which liquid or steam is poured or discharged.

  3. A stream of water that falls from higher to lower; a (typically thin) waterfall.

More examples

In context

  • I dropped my china teapot, and its spout broke.

  • From the side of the hill … a spout of gravel was dislodged.'

  • I put a spout in the maple tree to collect its sap

Quick test

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Question 1 · Quick check

The whale's blowhole can blank a powerful stream of water into the air when it breathes.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

From Middle English spouten, from Middle Dutch spoiten, spouten (> Dutch spuiten (“to spout”)), from Old Dutch *spūten, *spīuten, *spīwetten, from Proto-West Germanic *spīwattjan, from Proto-Germanic *spīwatjaną. Compare Swedish spruta (“squirt, syringe”). See also spit, spew.