: the quantity that spills: material lost or scattered by spilling
Examples of spillage in a Sentence
The design of this travel mug helps prevent spillage.
Recent Examples on the WebThese bamboo cutting boards also feature juice grooves to prevent spillage.
5.—Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 3 Apr. 2024 Adding salsa to the mix only compounded the situation, requiring an abundance of napkins to manage the resulting spillage.—Emily Curiel, Kansas City Star, 2 Apr. 2024 An iPhone case protects it against spillage, abrasive surfaces, and shock.—Dua Rashid and Jorge Jimenez / Gizmodo, Quartz, 17 Mar. 2024 Check out our editors' favorites for sprucing up their bathroom spaces while curbing water spillage.—Jennifer Hussein, Allure, 4 Mar. 2024 The floor and all the containers in the storage area hallway had food spillage, the report said, and inspectors saw that the walk-in fan covers and all the shelving weren’t properly sanitized.—Jacqueline Pinedo, Sacramento Bee, 17 Feb. 2024 So far in 2024, nothing has approached the level of on-set chaos as the nefarious fart noise that came after an epic water spillage at the Hot Topics table in early 2023.—Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 8 Jan. 2024 The chain swings with the movement of the bag, which helps to reduce spillage.—Taylor Gumm, Rolling Stone, 4 Jan. 2024 It’s made of water-resistant nylon to protect your things from (inevitable) spillage.—Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 24 Dec. 2023
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