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SYPHON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does syphon mean? 

SYPHON (noun)
  The noun SYPHON has 2 senses:

1. a tube running from the liquid in a vessel to a lower level outside the vessel so that atmospheric pressure forces the liquid through the tube
2. a tubular organ in an aquatic animal (especially in mollusks) through which water can be taken in or expelled

  Familiarity information: SYPHON used as a noun is rare.


SYPHON (verb)
  The verb SYPHON has 1 sense:

1. convey, draw off, or empty by or as if by a siphon

  Familiarity information: SYPHON used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SYPHON (noun)


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Meaning:

A tube running from the liquid in a vessel to a lower level outside the vessel so that atmospheric pressure forces the liquid through the tube

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

siphon; syphon

Hypernyms ("syphon" is a kind of...):

tube; tubing (conduit consisting of a long hollow object (usually cylindrical) used to hold and conduct objects or liquids or gases)


Sense 2syphon [BACK TO TOP]

Meaning:

A tubular organ in an aquatic animal (especially in mollusks) through which water can be taken in or expelled

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

siphon; syphon

Hypernyms ("syphon" is a kind of...):

organ (a fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function)

Domain category:

zoological science; zoology (the branch of biology that studies animals)


SYPHON (verb)


Sense 1syphon [BACK TO TOP]

Meaning:

Convey, draw off, or empty by or as if by a siphon

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

siphon; siphon off; syphon

Hypernyms (to "syphon" is one way to...):

draw; take out (take liquid out of a container or well)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something


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