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out⋅fall

  [out-fawl]
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–noun
the outlet or place of discharge of a river, drain, sewer, etc.
Origin:
1620–30; out- + fall
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out·fall   (out'fôl')   
n.  The place where a sewer, drain, or stream discharges.
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Outfall

Out"fall`\, n. 1. The mouth of a river; the lower end of a water course; the open end of a drain, culvert, etc., where the discharge occurs.

2. A quarrel; a falling out. [Prov. Eng.]
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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outfall   (out'fôl')  Pronunciation Key 
The place where a sewer, drain, or stream discharges.
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