outfall

🇺🇸 /ˈaʊtfɔːl/ 🇬🇧 /ˈaʊtfɔːl/
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noun
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A place where water from a river or pipe flows out into a larger body of water like the sea.

The environmental team inspected the outfall to ensure it was not polluting the ocean.

translation

n. A place where water from a river or pipe flows out into a larger body of water like the sea.

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Plural outfalls