siphon

IPA: sˈaɪfʌn

A bent pipe or tube with one end lower than the other, in which hydrostatic pressure exerted due to the force of gravity moves liquid from one reservoir to another.
A soda siphon.
(zoology) A tubelike organ found in animals or elongated cell found in plants.

(transitive) To transfer (liquid) by means of a siphon.
(transitive, figurative, often with "off") To steal or skim off money in small amounts; to embezzle.

Examples of "siphon" in Sentences

Henry collects siphons along with glasses.
Eventually air rushes in and breaks the siphon.
The wastewater exits through the excurrent siphon.
The effect of the siphon pipe will be monitored in 1998.
This air breaks the siphon action of the water in the strap.
A siphon, which is very small, usually does not have a screen.
This includes parcel drainage and the so-called siphon watering.
The outlet of the micro throughflow cell is connected to a siphon.
The siphon of the living animal protrudes from the the siphon notch.
The siphon is a tubular formation arising from the edge of the mantle.
Drop the lower end to the ground and watch the siphon empty the bucket.
A thermal siphon moves the heat between the dirt and the solar collector.
The second valve prevents the loss of subatmospheric pressure in the siphon.
The soda siphon is one of the standard Argentinian things to have around the house.
The car had no gas tank, and Ricardo had rigged a plastic siphon from a smaller tank under the dashboard.
A siphon is a simple tube that runs from the inside of the pond over the bank and lies on the ground outside the pond.
Take the other end of the siphon, which is closed with the plug, over the top of the bank and put it on the ground outside the pond.
Dr Stephen Hughes said he had discovered last year that the dictionary's definition of the word siphon, and most other dictionaries ', was incorrect.