Usually means: Point where wastewater discharges end.
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General (23 matching dictionaries)
  1. outfall: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. outfall: Merriam-Webster
  3. outfall: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. outfall: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. outfall: Collins English Dictionary
  6. outfall: Vocabulary.com
  7. Outfall, outfall: Wordnik
  8. outfall: Wiktionary
  9. outfall: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. outfall: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. outfall: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. outfall: Dictionary.com
  13. Outfall: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. Outfall: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. outfall: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  16. outfall: Rhymezone
  17. Outfall: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. outfall: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  19. outfall: FreeDictionary.org
  20. outfall: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. outfall: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. outfall: Encyclopedia

Tech (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Lake and Water Word Glossary (No longer online)
  2. Water-Science Glossary of Terms (No longer online)
  3. Glossary of Water Resource Terms (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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verb:  (transitive, obsolete) To burst forth, as upon an enemy; make a sally.
noun:  (obsolete) A sudden eruption of troops from a fortified place; sally.
noun:  (dialectal) A quarrel; a falling out.
noun:  The point or place of discharge of a river, drain, culvert, sewer, etc.; mouth; embouchure.

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