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cause or allow (a liquid substance) to run or flow from a container; "spill the milk"; "splatter water" flow, run or fall out and become lost; "The milk spilled across the floor"; "The wine spilled onto the table" liquid that is spilled; "clean up the spills" cause or allow (a solid substance) to flow or run out or over; "spill the beans all over the table" spillway: a channel that carries excess water over or around a dam or other obstruction the act of allowing a fluid to escape pour out in drops or small quantities or as if in drops or small quantities; "shed tears"; "spill blood"; "God shed His grace on Thee" a sudden drop from an upright position; "he had a nasty spill on the ice" reveal information; "If you don't oblige me, I'll talk!"; "The former employee spilled all the details"
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| spillway |
a channel that carries excess water over or around a dam or other obstruction
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A structure that allows release of excess water from a dam or other hydraulic structure.
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A generic term that encompasses the accidental and deliberate, but unpermitted, discharge or release of a pollutant.
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"The channel or passageway around or over a dam through which excess water is released or "spilled" past the dam without going through the turbines. A spillway is a safety valve for a dam and, as such, must be capable of discharging major floods without damaging the dam, while maintaining the reservoir level below some predetermined maximum level."
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