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Definition of "outfall" []

  • The place where a sewer, drain, or stream discharges. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "outfall" in a sentence
  • "The weakness underscores investors 'continued uncertainty over the long-term outfall of the credit crunch from this summer, said George Vasic, Canadian equity strategist at UBS Securities."
  • "Both entities have confirmed the outfall is a tributary that empties into the Antietam Creek."
  • "Stage said his department has been working everything from the "outfall" drainage ditch which runs from the Interstate 10 feeder road near Vidor Junior High School under the bridge on East"
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