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overspill

[verb oh-ver-spil; noun oh-ver-spil]
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verb (used without object), o·ver·spilled or o·ver·spilt, o·ver·spill·ing.

to spill over.

noun

the act of spilling over.
something that spills over.
British. overflow.

Origin of overspill

First recorded in 1850–55; over- + spill1
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Historical Examples of overspill

  • The Westerners are the overspill of the enterprising population of the East.

  • A Kaffir tribe to the north-east of the Rooirand had known of it, but they had never worked it, but only collected the overspill.

    Prester John

    John Buchan

British Dictionary definitions for overspill

overspill

noun (ˈəʊvəˌspɪl)

  1. something that spills over or is in excess
  2. (as modifier)overspill population

verb (ˌəʊvəˈspɪl) -spills, -spilling, -spilt or -spilled

(intr) to overflow
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