spill

1. 1.

   liquid that is spilled

   “clean up the spills”

   Broaderliquid
2. 2.

   a channel that carries excess water over or around a dam or other obstruction

   Synonymsspillwaywasteweir

   Broaderconduit
3. 3.

   the act of allowing a fluid to escape

   Synonymsspillagerelease

   Broaderflow
4. 4.

   a sudden drop from an upright position

   “he had a nasty spill on the ice”

   Synonymstumblefall

   Broaderslip

   Narrowerpratfallwipeout

Other forms of spill

plural

spills·

past tense or participle

spilt

present participle

spilling·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about spill

What does spill mean?

spill means "cause or allow (a liquid substance) to run or flow from a container". That is the primary sense; the word has 10 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in spill?

spill has 1 syllable: spill. In IPA it is /ˈspɪl/.

What is another word for spill?

Close synonyms include slop, splatter, run out, shed, disgorge. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is spill a common word?

spill is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.