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Uncommonspill
The correct spelling is spill.
How to pronounce spill
/spɪl/
nounIPA: /spɪl/
Say it like: Spi-ll
The correct spelling is spill. A mess of something that has been dropped. For example: "The bruise is from a bad spill he had last week."
Usage Examples
“The bruise is from a bad spill he had last week.”
“I spilled some sticky juice on the kitchen floor.”
“Some sticky juice spilled onto the kitchen floor.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.A mess of something that has been dropped.
- 2.A fall or stumble.
- 3.A small stick or piece of paper used to light a candle, cigarette etc by the transfer of a flame from a fire.
- 4.A slender piece of anything.
- 5.One of the thick laths or poles driven horizontally ahead of the main timbering in advancing a level in loose ground.
verb
- 1.To drop something so that it spreads out or makes a mess; to accidentally pour.
- 2.To spread out or fall out, as above.
- 3.To drop something that was intended to be caught.
- 4.To mar; to damage; to destroy by misuse; to waste.
- 5.To be destroyed, ruined, or wasted; to come to ruin; to perish; to waste.
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