Runoff

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The overflow of fluid from a container.
  • n. Rainfall not absorbed by soil.
  • n. Eliminated waste products from manufacturing processes.
  • n. An extra competition held to break a tie.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. That portion of precipitation or irrigation on an area which does not infiltrate or evaporate, but instead is discharged from the area.
  • n. Dissolved chemicals, etc, included in such water.
  • n. A second or further round of an indecisive election, after other candidates (often all but the last two) have been eliminated
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a final election to resolve an earlier election that did not produce a winner
  • n. the occurrence of surplus liquid (as water) exceeding the limit or capacity
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    election    flowing    flow   
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    Words that are found in similar contexts
    run-off    erosion    pollutant    pollution    drainage    denudation    wastewater    irrigation    depletion    effluent