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Outfall

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. The place where a sewer, drain, or stream discharges.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

v. To burst forth, as upon an enemy; make a sally.

n. A sudden eruption of troops from a fortified place; sally.

n. A quarrel; a falling out.

n. The point or place of discharge of a river, drain, culvert, sewer, etc.; mouth; embouchure.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. The mouth of a river; the lower end of a water course; the open end of a drain, culvert, etc., where the discharge occurs.

n. A quarrel; a falling out.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

To burst forth, as upon the enemy; make a sally.

n. The point or place of discharge of a river, drain, culvert, sewer, etc.; mouth; embouchure.

n. A sudden eruption of troops from a fortified place; a sally.

n. A quarrel; a falling out.

n. That which is discharged from an outfall. See outfall, 1.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. the outlet of a river or drain or other source of water

Word Usage

"The weakness underscores investors 'continued uncertainty over the long-term outfall of the credit crunch from this summer, said George Vasic, Canadian equity strategist at UBS Securities."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

outlet way out issue exit

Form

sea outfall outfall sewer

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

quarrel

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