Syphon

Definition: Syphon

Syphon

Noun

1. 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.

Verb

1. Convey, draw off, or empty by or as if by a siphon.

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Date "syphon" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1843. (references)

Food & Agriculture

Mechanical Engineering

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Synonyms: Syphon

Crosswords: Syphon

Books

• Syphon Filter 2 (reference)

• Syphon Filter 2 W/Poster for Hollywood (reference)

• Syphon Filter Totally Unauthorized Strategy Guide: Totally Unauthorized Strategy Guide (Bradygames Strategy Guides) (reference)

• Syphon Filter: Prima's Official Strategy Guide (reference)

  (more book examples)

High Tech

• Syphon Filter (reference)

• Syphon Filter 2 (reference)

• Syphon Filter 3 (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

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Irrigation 7. "Deadman Syphon" of the L.A. aqueduct, eleven foot steel pipe carrying water from Owens River to Los Angeles, California. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Expressions using "syphon": syphon off ♦ syphon out. Additional references.

Ending with "syphon": soda-syphon.

Albanian

shishe uji të gazuar me tub. (various references)

Arabic 

‏سيفون السودا, ‏سحارة (siphon, trap), ‏أنبوبة للري (siphon). (various references)

Bulgarian 

сифон (siphon). (various references)

Czech

sifon (air trap, siphon, trap, water-seal). (various references)

Danish

sifon (siphon). (various references)

Dutch

syphon, sifonbuis (siphon), sifon (siphon), onderdrukbuis (siphon). (various references)

French

siphon. (various references)

German

Syphon (dip trap, drip, drip pot, drip trap, siphon), Siphone (siphons), Ansaugrohr (siphon), Absaugrohr (siphon). (various references)

Greek 

σιφόνιο (siphon), σιφόνι (chiffon, siphon), σίφων (siphon, waterspout). (various references)

Hebrew 

�"יופי (tube), �'שת�" (siphon), סיפון (siphon). (various references)

Hungarian

szifon (air lift, offset, siphon, siphon-bottle, soda-water siphon), szivornya (air lift, leading tube, siphon), szifó (siphon), szívócső (nozzle, proboscides, proboscis, siphon, sucking tube), szagelzáró, légzőcső (siphon), bűzelzáró (siphon, stench-trap, trap). (various references)

Italian

sifone (crane, siphon), tubo di soffiaggio (siphon), tubo di aspirazione (siphon), tubetto sifone. (various references)

Manx

cuishley (flute in column, pipe, thread of tow). (various references)

Pig Latin

yphonsay

Portuguese

sifão (crane). (various references)

Russian 

сифонный (siphonal, siphonic), сифон (siphon, trap). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

sifon (drainage-tube, siphon). (various references)

Spanish

sifones, sifón (siphon, trap), tubo-sifón de deshielo (siphon), tubo-sifón de aire acondicionado (siphon). (various references)

Swedish

sifon (soda fountain, soda siphon). (various references)

Thai

ท่อที่ใช้ทำกาลักน้ำ (siphon), ถ่ายน้ำโ�"ยวิธีกาลักน้ำ (siphon). (various references)

Turkish

sifonla çekmek (siphon), sifon (crane, flush, flusher, siphon), sıvı akış borusu (siphon), basınçlı soda şişesi (siphon, siphon bottle), çekmek (abide, absorb, arrest, attract, be a sufferer by, be a sufferer from, be cursed with smth., bear, bear with, captivate, carry, catch, charm, claw, conjugate, decline, drag, draw, draw off, draw on, draw out, dwindle, engage, engross, extract, fetch, glamor, glamour, go through, go to scale at, grind, grip, haul, heave, hitch, hoist, hold, inflect, inhale, invite, last out, lug, lump, magnetize, pass through, pique, pluck, prepossess, pull, pull away, pull over, pull up, receive, record, run up, scale in, scale out, schlep, schlepp, shoot, shrink, sip, siphon, siphon off, soak, soak in, sop up, stand the racket, stretch, suck, suffer, sustain, syphon off, take, take after, take one's medicine, throw back, toss, tow, tow away, tug, turn the scale at, undergo, up with, whisk, withdraw). (various references)

Vietnamese 

ống xifông (siphon), ống truyền nước (siphon). (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "syphon": syphoned, syphoning, syphons. (additional references)

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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: hypos, hyson, phons, phony, sophy.

-2 letters: hons, hops, hoys, hypo, hyps, nosh, nosy, phon, pons, pony, posh, posy, shop, soph, syph.

-3 letters: hon, hop, hoy, hyp, noh, nos, ohs, ons, ops, poh, shy, son, sop, soy, spy, syn, yon.

-4 letters: ho, no, oh, on, op, os, oy, sh, so, yo.

+1 letter: nymphos, phoneys, phytons, pythons, syphons, typhons.

+2 letters: gryphons, hyperons, hypnoses, hypnosis, hyponeas, pansophy, symphony, syphoned, typhoons.

+3 letters: dysphonia, hypnotics, hypnotism, hypnotist, hyponoias, hypopneas, hypopyons, neophytes, pantyhose, pythoness, sycophant, symphonic, syphoning.

+4 letters: cymophanes, dysphonias, endolymphs, endophytes, gynophores, hypersonic, hypnotisms, hypnotists, hypnotizes, hypogynies, hypogynous, hypomanias, hypotenuse, hypotonias, phenocryst, phenotypes, phenytoins, polyanthas, polyanthus, polyphones, polythenes, porphyrins, rhinoscopy, scyphozoan, sonography, sycophancy, sycophants, symphonies, symphonist, synaloepha, xylophones.