spillover

🇺🇸 /ˈspɪləʊvər/ 🇬🇧 /ˈspɪləʊvə(r)/
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noun
R

Extra stuff that doesn't fit in one place and goes to another place.

The party was so big that there was a spillover of guests into the garden.

R

The extra effects or results of something that spread to other situations or places.

The popularity of the new restaurant caused a spillover of customers to the nearby shops.

translation

n. Extra stuff that doesn't fit in one place and goes to another place.; The extra effects or results of something that spread to other situations or places.

Word Forms

Plural spillovers