OUTFALL - Definition

Pronunciation:		'awt`fol
WordNet Dictionary

	Definition:	[n] the outlet of a river or drain or other source of water

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	See Also:	exit, issue, outlet, way out

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

	Definition:	\Out"fall`\, n. 1. The mouth of a river; the lower end of a water course; the open end of a drain, culvert, etc., where the discharge occurs. 2. A quarrel; a falling out. [Prov. Eng.]

Biology Dictionary

	Definition:	Discharge or a point of discharge of a culvert or other closed conduit. An example of outfall is waste water released by an industrial plant from a sewer drain into a river.