1
: the act or process of spilling
2
: the quantity that spills : material lost or scattered by spilling

Examples of spillage in a Sentence

The design of this travel mug helps prevent spillage.
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You'll be required to attach a water bottle to their kennel, but freezing it ahead of time will prevent spillage. Zach Wichter, USA TODAY, 28 Nov. 2024 Veiled by this aqueous spillage — textured by the rough grain of the silk-screening process — the meteorites in the paintings seem not entirely solid. Zoë Hopkins, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2025 At the very least, pick up a file folder that will keep documents safe from spillage. Bridget Reed Morawski, Architectural Digest, 3 Jan. 2025 What Happens Next Previous oil spills in the Kerch Strait, such as the 2007 spillage which damaged two tankers and killed 23 sailors, had impacts on biodiversity and marine life for years, according to Natalia Gozak, director of the Ukrainian office of Greenpeace. Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 6 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for spillage 

Word History

First Known Use

1924, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of spillage was in 1924

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“Spillage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spillage. Accessed 20 Feb. 2025.

Kids Definition

1
: the act or process of spilling
2
: the quantity that spills
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