name, noun ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   One who spills.
2. 2
   a long fishing line with many shorter lines and hooks attached to it (usually suspended between buoys) wordnet
3. 3
   A party who is liable for spillage, particularly of oil or waste, in a body of water.
4. 4
   an attacker who sheds or spills blood wordnet
5. 5
   A square chamber that serves as the section of an industrial fishing net from which captured fish can easily be moved to a fishing boat.

Proper Noun

1. 1
   A surname.

Synonyms

All synonyms

setlinesheddersheddertrawltrawltrawl line

Etymology

From Middle English spiller, from spill + -er.

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