Meanings
nounspillage (countable and uncountable, plural spillages)
plural spillages
- countableuncountableThe process or action of spilling.
- countableuncountableThat which has been spilled.
The breeze slams the balcony door, and in fear Sixsmith spills half his vermouth. No, you old fool, it wasn’t a gunshot. He mops up the spillage with a kitchen towel, turns on the TV with the sound down low, and trawls the channels for M*A*S*H.
2004, David Mitchell, “Half-Lives: The First Luisa Rey Mystery”, in Cloud Atlas, →ISBN, pages 89-90
Synonyms & antonyms
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Bulgarian разпиляване
- разпиляване (razpiljavane)spillage
Catalan vessament
- vessamentspillage
French déversement
- déversementspillage
Italian fuoriuscita
- fuoriuscitaspillage
Māori tārutunga
- tārutungaspillage
Polish wyciek
- wyciekspillage
Portuguese derramamento
- derramamentospillage
Spanish derramamiento, derrame
- derramamientospillage
- derramespillage
Cite this entry
APA
spillage. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spillage
MLA
“spillage.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spillage. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “spillage,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spillage.
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