name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Standard Lemma guide
spiller
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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rhymes with -ɪlə(ɹ)
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CMU ARPABET: S P IH1 L ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
One who spills.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 3
A party who is liable for spillage, particularly of oil or waste, in a body of water.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: law
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noun
Meaning 4
A square chamber that serves as the section of an industrial fishing net from which captured fish can easily be moved to a fishing boat.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 5
a long fishing line with many shorter lines and hooks attached to it (usually suspended between buoys)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: trawl, trawl line, setline, trotline
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: fishing line
noun
Meaning 6
an attacker who sheds or spills blood
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a great hunter and spiller of blood
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: shedder
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: attacker, aggressor, assailant, assaulter
History
Etymology
From Middle English spiller, from spill + -er.