...an oil spillage off the coast of Texas.
...an accident in the workplace involving blood spillage.
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Spillage — (spr. āsche), Verlust an auf Schiffen beförderten Waren infolge mangelhafter Verpackung … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
Spillage — (spr. ahsch ), der Verlust, den trockne Güter durch undichte Verpackung erleiden … Kleines Konversations-Lexikon
spillage — 1934, from SPILL (Cf. spill) + AGE (Cf. age). Shakespeare used spilth that which has spilled, act of spilling (1607) … Etymology dictionary
spillage — [spil′ij] n. the act of spilling or the amount spilled … English World dictionary
Spillage — This page is about a manufacturing term. For the British audio recording term, see leakage. Spillage is the loss of production output due to production of a series of defective or unacceptable products which must be rejected. Spillage is an often … Wikipedia
spillage — UK [ˈspɪlɪdʒ] / US noun Word forms spillage : singular spillage plural spillages 1) [uncountable] the act of spilling something the risk of oil spillage 2) [countable/uncountable] an amount of a substance that has been spilled a chemical spillage … English dictionary
spillage — spill|age [ spılıdʒ ] noun 1. ) uncount the act of spilling something: the risk of oil spillage 2. ) count or uncount an amount of a substance that has been spilled: a chemical spillage … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
spillage — noun Spillage is used after these nouns: ↑oil … Collocations dictionary
spillage — /ˈspɪlɪdʒ / (say spilij) noun 1. an act of spilling. 2. that which has been spilled: a great spillage of oil. {spill1 + age} …
spillage — Ⅰ. spill [1] ► VERB (past and past part. spilt or spilled) 1) flow or cause to flow over the edge of a container. 2) move or empty out from a place. 3) informal reveal (confidential information). ► NOUN … English terms dictionary
