siphonnoun [ C ]
also syphon uk/ˈsaɪ.fən/us/ˈsaɪ.fən/a tube that is bent in the shape of an "n", with each end in a separate container at two different levels, so that liquid can be pulled up into it from the higher container and go down through it into the lower container
a soda siphon
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Building: plumbing & pipes & sewage
- ballcock
- bleed
- cesspit
- cistern
- conduit
- culvert
- flush
- leakage
- mixer tap
- overflow
- pipeline
- piping
- plughole
- plumb
- plunger
- standpipe
- stopcock
- tubing
- U-bend
- washer
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Laboratory equipment
Containers for liquids and gases
siphonverb [ T usually + adv/prep ]
also syphon uk/ˈsaɪ.fən/us/ˈsaɪ.fən/to remove liquid from a container using a siphon
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Removing and extracting
- ablate
- clear the decks idiom
- cream sth/sb off
- descale
- dislodge
- extract
- gouge
- milk
- pull
- pull (sb/sth) out
- pull a gun, knife, etc. on sb idiom
- pump
- pump out sth
- removable
- remove
- root
- rout
- scratch
- syphon
- take sth away
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Phrasal verb(s)
siphon sth off