spillage
noun/ˈspɪl.ɪd͡ʒ/ · /ˈspɪl.əd͡ʒ/
Etymology From spill + -age.
1
The process or action of spilling.
2
That which has been spilled.
- The breeze slams the balcony door, and in fear Sixsmith spills half his vermouth. No, you old fool, it wasn’t a gunshot. He mops up the spillage with a kitchen towel, turns on the TV with the sound down low, and trawls the channels for M*A*S*H.2004, David Mitchell, “Half-Lives: The First Luisa Rey Mystery”, in Cloud Atlas, →ISBN, pages 89-90:
- Synonyms
- spilth
- Derived terms
- antispillage