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Word: siphon (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

  • A bent pipe or tube with one end lower than the other, in which hydrostatic pressure exerted due to the force of gravity moves liquid from one reservoir to another.
  • a soda siphon
  • biology a tubelike organ found in animals or elongated cell found in plants.

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Verb:

  • transitive to transfer (liquid) by means of a siphon.

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