Spout

  • 11spout — index exude, outflow, outlet, outpour, recite Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

    Law dictionary

  • 12spout — [[t]spa͟ʊt[/t]] spouts, spouting, spouted 1) V ERG If something spouts liquid or fire or if liquid or fire spout out of something, it comes out very quickly with a lot of force. [V n] He replaced the boiler when the last one began to spout flames …

    English dictionary

  • 13spout — spout1 [spaut] n ↑spout 1.) a small pipe on the side of a container that you pour liquid out through 2.) spout of water/blood etc a sudden strong stream of liquid which comes out of somewhere very fast →↑waterspout 3.) up the spout BrE informal… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 14spout — 1 noun (C) 1 a small tube or pipe on a container that you pour liquid out through 2 a spout of water/blood etc a sudden strong stream of liquid which comes out of somewhere very fast: The whale blew a spout of water into the air. see also:… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 15spout — I UK [spaʊt] / US noun [countable] Word forms spout : singular spout plural spouts 1) a part of a container that is shaped like a tube and is used for pouring liquid 2) a) a continuous and strong stream of liquid or steam, especially hot liquid… …

    English dictionary

  • 16spout — Synonyms and related words: anabasis, ascension, ascent, avenue, babble, beak, belch, blab, blabber, blather, blether, blow open, blow out, blowhole, blowout, bond, bottomry, brash, break out, burst forth, burst of rain, burst out, carry on,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 17spout — spouter, n. spoutless, adj. spoutlike, adj. /spowt/, v.t. 1. to emit or discharge forcibly (a liquid, granulated substance, etc.) in a stream or jet. 2. Informal. to state or declaim volubly or in an oratorical manner: He spouted his theories on… …

    Universalium

  • 18spout — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun Spout is used after these nouns: ↑faucet {{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}} verb Spout is used with these nouns as the object: ↑cliché, ↑nonsense, ↑slogan …

    Collocations dictionary

  • 19spout — v. (d; intr.) ( to spurt ) to spout from * * * [spaʊt] (d; intr.) ( to spurt ) to spout from …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 20spout — spout1 [ spaut ] noun count 1. ) a part of a container that is shaped like a tube and is used for pouring liquid 2. ) a continuous and strong stream of liquid or steam, especially hot liquid a ) a stream of air and water that a WHALE pushes out… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English