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siphon si·phon

Spelling: [sahy-fuh n]

IPA: /ˈsaɪ fən/

Siphon is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 104 anagrams from letters in siphon (hinops).

Definitions for siphon

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):

Origin of siphon

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

Examples for siphon

By the end of 1983, Wilson had managed to siphon $300 million of unused Pentagon cash to the Afghan mujahideen.

How sick do you have to be to siphon money away from an event for the needy?

“In order to save the day, I had to siphon gasoline out of a car, which involved me sucking it out of a tube,” said Donahue.

The principle of the siphon recorder is exactly the inverse of the mirror galvanometer.

She helped herself to soda water from a siphon on the sideboard.

What are the economic factors in play when you siphon off access to the coasts?

The point of the siphon does not touch the paper, although it is very close.

The footman carried a tray with a bottle, glass, ice, and siphon.

The best trap for this purpose is the siphon or running trap.

First, they allow Paul to siphon off attention from whichever potential candidate is making news.