spillage

noun

spill·age ˈspi-lij

: the act or process of spilling

: the quantity that spills : material lost or scattered by spilling

Examples of spillage in a Sentence

The design of this travel mug helps prevent spillage.

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Veiled by this aqueous spillage — textured by the rough grain of the silk-screening process — the meteorites in the paintings seem not entirely solid. —

Zoë Hopkins, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2025 At the very least, pick up a file folder that will keep documents safe from spillage. —

Bridget Reed Morawski, Architectural Digest, 3 Jan. 2025 What Happens Next Previous oil spills in the Kerch Strait, such as the 2007 spillage which damaged two tankers and killed 23 sailors, had impacts on biodiversity and marine life for years, according to Natalia Gozak, director of the Ukrainian office of Greenpeace. —

Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 6 Jan. 2025 The spillage was found near a train station on the border between Boston and Brookline. —

Jessica Trufant, USA TODAY, 9 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for spillage