spout
Other forms: spouting; spouted; spouts
A spout is the narrow opening in the edge of a container that makes it easier to neatly pour its contents. A pitcher's spout helps you direct your orange juice into your glass.
Some spouts are indentations or lips, and others — like the spout on a teapot — are tubes. Another meaning of spout is "gush suddenly in a stream." If you filled your teapot too full, tea might spout from its spout. When someone figuratively spouts, she talks in a loud, animated way. The verb form of spout came first, from a Proto-Germanic root that also spawned the Middle Dutch spoiten and the Swedish sputa, both also meaning spout.
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gush forth in a sudden stream or jet
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talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner
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an opening that allows the passage of liquids or grain
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types:
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gargoyle
a spout that terminates in a grotesquely carved figure of a person or animal
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nose, nozzle
a projecting spout from which a fluid is discharged
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showerhead
a perforated nozzle that showers water on a bather
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type of:
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opening
a vacant or unobstructed space that is man-made
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gargoyle
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Vocabulary lists containing spout
It's boys against girls at Laketon Elementary School when fifth-grader Dave starts a class contest: who can say the fewest words over two days?
Twelve-year-old Saint and his dog, Shadow, grapple with the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans.
In order to get the chance to meet her favorite pitcher, Lupe Wong must get an A in gym class — which means conquering the dreaded square dancing unit.
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