spout
IPA: spˈaʊt
noun
- A tube or lip through which liquid or steam is poured or discharged. [[File:Spout (PSF).png|thumb|]]
- A stream of liquid.
- The mixture of air and water thrown up from the blowhole of a whale.
- (Australia) A hollow stump formed when a tree branch breaks off.
verb
- (intransitive) To gush forth in a jet or stream
- (transitive, intransitive) To eject water or liquid in a jet.
- (intransitive) To speak tediously or pompously.
- (transitive) To utter magniloquently; to recite in an oratorical or pompous manner.
- (transitive, slang, dated) To pawn; to pledge.
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Examples of "spout" in Sentences
- The spout was long and thin.
- Getting the water to the spout took ingenuity.
- Snake uses its fang to spout venom into the flesh.
- A spout is attached to the side wall of the cylinder.
- Listen to some of the Pure Duplicity she routinely spouts.
- A nozzle is mounted in the distal end of the collection spout.
- One day, the teapot is dropped and the handle and spout are broken.
- The tip of the spout is more upright in contrast to the rest of the rim.
- A metal part is provided in the pouring channel of the spout of the vessel.
- At the bottom of the sawmill, there are jets and water spouts to play with.
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