Anagram Solver

Definitions for Siphon

[1] a tube or conduit bent into legs of unequal length, for use in drawing a liquid from one container into another on a lower level by placing the shorter leg into the container above and the longer leg into the one below, the liquid being forced up the shorter leg and into the longer one by the pressure of the atmosphere.
[2] siphon bottle.
[3] a projecting tubular part of some animals, especially certain mollusks, through which liquid enters or leaves the body.
[4] to convey, draw, or pass through or as if through a siphon (sometimes followed by off ): to siphon water; to siphon off profits into a secret bank account.
[5] a tube placed with one end at a certain level in a vessel of liquid and the other end outside the vessel below this level, so that liquid pressure forces the liquid through the tube and out of the vessel by gravity
[6] See soda siphon
[7] zoology any of various tubular organs in different aquatic animals, such as molluscs and elasmobranch fishes, through which a fluid, esp water, passes
[8] (often foll by off) to pass or draw off through or as if through a siphon

Words related to Siphon

pump, drain, funnel, tube

Words nearby Siphon

sioux state, sioux war, sip, sipe, siphnos, siphon, siphon bottle, siphonage, siphonapterous, siphono-, siphonophore

Origin of Siphon

1650–60; < Latin sīphōn- (stem of sīphō ) < Greek síphōn, sī́phōn pipe, tube

Other words from Siphon

si·phon·al , si·phon·ic [sahy-fon -ik] /saɪˈfɒn ɪk/ , adjective
si·phon·less , adjective
si·phon·like , adjective
pseu·do·si·phon·al , adjective
pseu·do·si·phon·ic , adjective

Word origin for Siphon

C17: from Latin sīphō, from Greek siphōn siphon

Synonyms for Siphon

drain, funnel, pump, tube