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countable and uncountable, plural overspills
That which spills over. quotations examples
It is known that means of using this end of the former NLR and Broad Street station to take an overspill of traffic from Liverpool Street have been under backroom study for some time.
1964 July, “News and Comment: The Broad Street-Richmond line”, in Modern Railways, page 17
third-person singular simple present overspills, present participle overspilling, simple past and past participle overspilled or overspilt
To spill over, to overflow, to spill out of. quotations examples
Further, Coventry's prosperity and rapid growth was threatening that it as well as Birmingham would require to overspill its boundaries.
2002, Urlan Wannop, Regional Imperative: Regional Planning and Governance in Britain, page 93
Calandra added more, until the oil threatened to overspill her palm.
2004, Delilah Devlin, Pirate's Desire, page 202