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What is the noun for spill?

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spill

(countable) A mess of something that has been dropped.
A fall or stumble.
A small stick or piece of paper used to light a candle, cigarette etc by the transfer of a flame from a fire.
A slender piece of anything.

A peg or pin for plugging a hole, as in a cask; a spile.
A metallic rod or pin.

(mining) One of the thick laths or poles driven horizontally ahead of the main timbering in advancing a level in loose ground.
(sound recording) The situation where sound is picked up by a microphone from a source other than that which is intended.
(obsolete) A small sum of money.
(politics) A declaration that the leadership of a parliamentary party is vacant, and open for re-election. Short form of leadership spill
Synonyms:

fall, tumble, topple, cropper, drop, slip, stumble, accident, header, nosedive, roll, trip, plunge, flop, collapse, dive, crash, belly flop, descent, pitch, flip, tailspin, wipeout, false step, skid, slide, misstep, plummet, plummeting, plunging, sinkage, sag, slump, falling, going down, coming down, toss, pratfall, stagger, headlong fall, dip, down, duck, dunk, spiral, high dive, sinking, subsiding, precipitation, downcome … more

Examples:

“Take, for instance, the minor scrapes you can get from a mishap in the free-weight room, or from a spill on your bike.”

“We should view the oil spill not as a fluke or one-time accident, but as a lesson to learn from.”

spiller

One who spills.
(law) A party who is liable for spillage, particularly of oil or waste, in a body of water.
A square chamber that serves as the section of an industrial fishing net from which captured fish can easily be moved to a fishing boat.

spilling

The act of dropping or spreading out of a fluid or particles.
(figuratively) The action of spreading out in the manner of a fluid.
Synonyms:

betrayal, disclosure, revelation, divulgence, divulging, telling, divulgation, leak, leaking, diming, ratting, snitching, squealing, tattling, giving away, blurting out, spillage, spill, leakage, overflow, discharge … more

spillionaire

A person who acquires a substantial amount of money by being paid to participate in the cleanup of an oil spill.

spilth

(archaic) A spillage; spilled material.
Synonyms:

debris, rubbish, refuse, waste, litter, junk, garbage, scrap, trash, dross, dreck, chaff, effluvium, effluvia, deadwood, truck, riffraff, offscouring, offal, dust, raffle, drek, detritus, dregs, remains, leavings, scraps, rubble, muck, sweepings, flotsam and jetsam, discarded matter, odds and ends, grot, mullock, leftovers, gash, draff, raff, slop, offscourings, debitage, orts, cultch, residue, lumber, rummage, fragments, sediment, sewage … more

Examples:

“The measurement is accurate and clean-cut, no spit or spilth, no contamination of the content.”

“His foot slipped in the spilth of wine, and the huge body went down like an oak, his head striking one leg of the table.”

“Baked fish lay cooling on the table, and there was a great spilth of wine on the floor.”

spillage

that which has been spilled
Synonyms:

leak, spill, leakage, overflow, discharge, spilling, flood, overspill, spilth, escape, slick, flooding, inundation, deluge, cataclysm, bath, spate, alluvion, cataract, torrent, Niagara, submergence, submersion, spillover, spilling over, flood tide, flash flood, excess water, freshet, downpour, gush, cascade, surge, stream, rush, flux, overflowing, outpouring, tide, tidal wave, spillway, influx, current, gushing, fountain, waterfall, swamping, cloudburst, drencher, tsunami … more

Examples:

“I hurried to clean up the spillage after accidentally knocking over my coffee cup.”

“He carefully set up barriers to prevent any potential spillage of the hazardous chemicals.”

“A bird plucked from an oil spillage has been returned to the wild next to a sewage plant.”

spillionaires

plural of spillionaire

spillages

plural of spillage
Synonyms:

leaks, spills, leakage, overflows, discharge, spilling, floods, escapes, overspill, spilths, slicks, loss, puddles, wastage, waste, spoilage, floodings, alluvion, baths, cataclysms, cataracts, deluges, inundation, Niagaras, spates, torrents, spillovers, submergences, submersion, flood tides, flash floods … more

Examples:

“Ensure the concentrate and all spillages are contained within an area that drains back into the dip bath.”

“He is already wearing his uniform with full-sleeve painting apron on top to alleviate potential porridge spillages.”

“To-date motorists unlucky enough to have come a cropper on the spillages have, at least, survived the experience.”

spillings

plural of spilling
Synonyms:

betrayals, disclosures, revelations, divulgences, divulgings, tellings, divulgations, leaks, rattings, squealings, tattlings, spillages, spills, leakages, overflows, discharges … more

spillers

plural of spiller

spilths

plural of spilth
Synonyms:

debris, rubbish, refuse, waste, litter, junks, garbage, scraps, trash, dross, dreck, chaff, effluvia, deadwood, truck, riffraff, offscourings, offal, dust, raffles, drek, detritus, leavings, remains, flotsam and jetsam, rubble, odds and ends, dregs, mullock, raff, grot, muck, draff, sweepings, gashes, debitage, slops, cultch, rummages, lumber, residue, slag, hogwash, clutter, sediment, swills, bits and pieces, gubbins, odds and sods, filth … more

spills

plural of spill
Synonyms:

falls, tumbles, croppers, drops, slips, stumbles, accident, headers, nosedives, rolls, trips, plunges, flops, belly flops, dives, collapses, crashes, descent, wipeouts, pitch, false steps, tailspins, flips, slides, sags, slumps, sinkage, plummets, falling, skids, missteps, plungings, pratfalls, tosses, staggers, down, duck, dunks, dips, spirals, settlements, precipitation, subsidings, downcomes, sinkings, jumps, submersion, swoops, plumps, submergences … more

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