SkyfireDict

syphon   (TTS Sound)

The noun syphon has 2 senses

• siphon, syphon -- (a tube running from the liquid in a vessel to a lower level outside the vessel so that atmospheric pressure forces the liquid through the tube)


• siphon, syphon -- (a tubular organ in an aquatic animal (especially in mollusks) through which water can be taken in or expelled)

The verb syphon has 1 sense

• siphon, syphon, siphon off -- (convey, draw off, or empty by or as if by a siphon)