Definizione monolingua

overspill

overspill (third-person singular simple present overspills, present participle overspilling, simple past and past participle overspilled)

1. To spill over, to overflow, to spill out of.
   • 2002, Urlan Wannop, Regional Imperative: Regional Planning and Governance in Britain, page 93:

     Further, Coventrys prosperity and rapid growth was threatening that it as well as Birmingham would require to overspill its boundaries.

   • 2004, Delilah Devlin, Pirates Desire, page 202:

     Calandra added more, until the oil threatened to overspill her palm.

overspill (uncountable)

1. That which spills over.

   New towns were to accommodate overspill from established cities.

Definizione dizionario overspill

Altri significati:

To spill over, to overflow, to spill out of.

That which spills over.