spout

1. 1.

   an opening that allows the passage of liquids or grain

   Broaderopening

   Narrowergargoylenozzle

   Part ofpipewatering can

Other forms of spout

plural

spouts·

past tense

spouted·

present participle

spouting·

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 spout

What does spout mean?

spout means "gush forth in a sudden stream or jet". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in spout?

spout has 1 syllable: spout. In IPA it is /ˈspaʊt/.

What is another word for spout?

Close synonyms include spurt, spirt, gush, rant, mouth off. 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 spout a common word?

spout is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.