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spillover

/ˈspɪlˌəʊ̯.və/ UK
/ˈspɪlˌaʊæː/ Northumbria, UK
/ˈspɪlˌoː.və/ UK, Wales
/ˈspɪlˌəʉ̯.və/ Australia
/ˈspəlˌɐʉ̯.və/ New Zealand
/ˈspɪlˌoʊ̯.vɚ/ Canadian, US, Standard
[ˈspɪlˌoːvɚ]
/ˈspɪlˌo.vəɾ/ Scotland

Rhymes with -əʊvə(ɹ)

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From spill + over.

noun spillovers

countable, uncountable That which overflows; the excess or side effect. The spillover from the dam due to the heavy rains will run down this channel and harmlessly dump into that river, we hope.
countable, uncountable The spread of infectious disease between different species of animal and particularly to humans. We’re not establishing the kind of safe practices that will minimize the opportunity for spillover. If we better understood where these viruses are circulating and understood that ecology, we would have the potential to disrupt and minimize the risk of spillover.

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@misc{spillover_2026,
  title = {spillover},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/spillover},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}