spout C2+ Topic:Materials & Substances US /spaʊt/ UK /spaʊt/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun a tube or lip for pouring liquid; to eject liquid forcibly Water gushed from the spout of the old iron kettle. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a tube or lip for pouring... nozzlejetgushspurtsquirtstreamerupt Word family Derived forms spouting Etymology AI details From Middle English spouten, probably from Middle Dutch spouten ('to spout, gush'), of imitative origin. spouten Middle Dutch View etymology graph -> Topics Materials & Substances External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # spout **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /spaʊt/ **IPA (UK):** /spaʊt/ ## Meanings 1. a tube or lip for pouring liquid; to eject liquid forcibly ## Examples - Water gushed from the spout of the old iron kettle. ## Synonyms - nozzle - jet - gush - spurt - squirt - stream - erupt ## Derived Forms - spouting ## Roots and Affixes - Root: spouten ## Etymology From Middle English spouten, probably from Middle Dutch spouten ('to spout, gush'), of imitative origin. ## AI Etymology Spout comes from Middle English spouten, probably from Middle Dutch spouten ('to spout, gush'), of imitative origin. The historical chain includes Middle Dutch spouten. The quoted older sense, "to spout, gush," supplies the immediate semantic anchor for spout. The formation is best read as borrowed: the word spout carries its older form-history into a compact English lexical shape. In present English it is used as a noun, "a tube or lip for pouring liquid; to eject liquid forcibly". English derivatives include spouting. The result is a noun and verb whose etymology preserves both the older form and the later English specialization. ## Topics - Materials & Substances markdown