Spout

Quick meaning: Spout is a noun meaning A tube or lip through which liquid or steam is poured or discharged.

Meaning

A tube or lip through which liquid or steam is poured or discharged.

More Meanings

1. A waterspout (“channel through which water is discharged, especially from the gutters of a roof”).
2. A stream or discharge of liquid, typically with some degree of force.
3. A stream of water that falls from higher to lower; a (typically thin) waterfall.
4. A similar stream or fall of earth, rock, etc.
5. A waterspout (“whirlwind or tornado that forms over water”).
6. The mixture of air and water thrown up from the blowhole of a whale.
7. (Australia) A hollow stump formed when a tree branch breaks off.

Example Sentences

I dropped my china teapot, and its spout broke.

I put a spout in the maple tree to collect its sap

From the side of the hill … a spout of gravel was dislodged.'

A spout of blood flew from his mouth, spattering Smichov's linen trousers.

Word Forms

• spouts
• spouting
• spouted

Synonyms for spout

Depending on context, synonyms include spurt, spirt, jabber, rant, gush, rave.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include gush, spurt, spirt, rave, jabber, rant.

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