outfall
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- Scrabble points
- 10
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- 13
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- 7
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Definition of outfall
4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
verb
- (obsolete, transitive)To burst forth, as upon an enemy; make a sally.
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verb
- (obsolete, transitive)To burst forth, as upon an enemy; make a sally.
noun
- (obsolete)A sudden eruption of troops from a fortified place; sally.
- (dialectal)A quarrel; a falling out.
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The point or place of discharge of a river, drain, culvert, sewer, etc.; mouth; embouchure.
“West of Keswick a short descent at 1 in 122 brings the train down to the low-lying and marshy ground between Derwentwater and Bassenthwaite Lake and to the crossing of the Derwent - the outfall from Derwentwater, [...].”
“The rules focus primarily on two crucial operating features: seawater intakes and outfalls.”
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Etymology
From Middle English outfallen, equivalent to out- + fall. Compare Dutch uitvallen (“to fall out, sally”), German ausfallen (“to fall out, lunge”), Swedish utfalla (“to fall out”).
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