Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

spillback

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
spill-back
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The blockage of an intersection by traffic as a result of the traffic lights changing and preventing progress.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The spread of an infectious pathogen from humans to non-human animals.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From spill + back.

Usage

Inflected Forms

spillbacks (plural)

Questions

What does spillback mean?
The blockage of an intersection by traffic as a result of the traffic lights changing and preventing progress.
Where does spillback come from?
From spill + back.

How to pronounce spillback

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