Definition of spillage
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Examples of spillage in a Sentence
The design of this travel mug helps prevent spillage.
Recent Examples of spillage from the Web
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Although the leak isn’t Apple’s fault, the data spillage comes on the heels of another public-relations embarrassment for the company that was served up courtesy of Gawker’s sister site, Gizmodo.
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1924
First Known Use of spillage
1924
SPILLAGE Defined for English Language Learners
spillage
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noun
Definition of spillage for English Language Learners
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: an occurrence in which something is spilled accidentally
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