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overspill

  • /ˈoʊvɚˌspɪl/ US

noun overspills

  1. countable, uncountable That which spills over. New towns were constructed to accommodate overspill from established cities.

verb overspills · overspilling · overspilled · overspilt

  1. To spill over, to overflow, to spill out of. Further, Coventry's prosperity and rapid growth was threatening that it as well as Birmingham would require to overspill its boundaries.

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@misc{overspill_2026,
  title = {overspill},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/overspill},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}