Definitions for outfall

outfall out·fall

Spelling: [out-fawl]
IPA: /ˈaʊtˌfɔl/

Outfall is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 112 anagrams from letters in outfall (afllotu).

Definitions for outfall

noun

  1. the outlet or place of discharge of a river, drain, sewer, etc.

Origin of outfall

First recorded in 1620-30; out- + fall

Examples for outfall

Otherwise, the outfall must be carried to a natural depression.

I think it must have been close to the outfall of the big drain, father.

I like myself to fish with a single fly, and I anchored my boat about 30 ft. from the head of the outfall sluice.

The next, your Honor, is an outfall betwixt a butcher and a baker.

In the bay of this headland, at the outfall of Thermodon, they ran ashore, for the sea was rough for their voyage.

The stream which discharges there into the bay is like a lake for want of outfall.

All of them had collected in the pouring rain and were watching the outfall in the ditches.

The long length of outfall required was justified by the cheap cost of the land and its excellent character for sewage irrigation.

Near it is the outfall of the sewage of a large part of London.

The Nene still has its outfall here, and flows through the town in a fine sweep locally called the Brink.

Word Value for outfall
Scrable

10

Words with friends

13

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