spillway

noun

Etymology

From spill + way.

  1. derived from *weǵʰ-
  2. inherited from *wegaz
  3. inherited from *weg
  4. inherited from weġ
  5. inherited from way
  6. compounded as spillway — “spill + way

Definitions

  1. A path designed to take away overflow safely.

    • Absence of filtered undrains beneath spillways or behind walls.
    • On February 24, 319379 crosses the wrought-iron Carr Mill Viaduct with Northern's 1515 Liverpool Lime Street-Wigan North Western service, viewed from a spillway for the reservoir.

The neighborhood

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No curated loop yet for spillway. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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