Definitions for syphon

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syphon sy·phon

Spelling: [sahy-fuh n]

IPA: /ˈsaɪ fən/

Syphon is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 81 anagrams from letters in syphon (hnopsy).

Definitions for syphon

noun

1. a tube or conduit bent into legs of unequal length, for use in drawing a liquid from one container into another on a lower level by placing the shorter leg into the container above and the longer leg into the one below, the liquid being forced up the shorter leg and into the longer one by the pressure of the atmosphere.
2. siphon bottle.
3. a projecting tubular part of some animals, especially certain mollusks, through which liquid enters or leaves the body.

verb (used with or without object)

1. to convey, draw, or pass through or as if through a siphon (sometimes followed by off):

noun, verb (used with or without object)

1. siphon.

Origin of syphon

1650-60; Latin sīphōn- (stem of sīphō) Greek síphōn, sī́phōn pipe, tube

Examples for syphon

There was a splash and gurgle as he pressed the trigger of the syphon.

The principle, therefore, of the midfeather is similar to the syphon trap.

This phenomenon is explained on the principle of the syphon.

A syphon may be used if a source of supply is near the position of the tank.

These two closets, syphon and the syphon-jet, are preferable to those of any other style.

Yvonne rose as a maid entered with a tray bearing decanter and syphon.

I was only in the room just time enough to place the syphon on the table and withdraw.

Possibly it may be the syphon form of the passage through which the water flows.

"Certainly, M. Gaston," replied the physician—he was officiating at the syphon.

At the breaking of the syphon, enough water is left in the trap to preserve the seal.