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spillover

[ spil-oh-ver ]

noun

  1. the act of spilling over.
  2. a quantity of something spilled over; overflow.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of spillover1

First recorded in 1940–45; noun use of verb phrase spill over

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Example Sentences

They identified the five different steps required for viral spillover from bats to humans.

Other human practices, like the hunting and consumption of wild animals for food, provide other opportunities for spillover.

Those who remain closed risk losing sales and the spillover traffic.

Clearly, the well-being of one group has important spillover effects on others.

For some time, inevitably, there has been some spillover effect from the Syrian war into Lebanon.

The risk of a spillover of the conflict into Albanian territory is small.

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