syphon
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- siphon: 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: convey, draw off, or empty by or as if by a siphon
- siphon: a tubular organ in an aquatic animal (especially in mollusks) through which water can be taken in or expelled
- The word siphon (also spelled syphon) sometimes refers to a wide variety of devices that allow the flow of liquids through tubes. ...
- A length of tube that uses gravity to move water from one location to another. Also, the organs used by some mollusks to inhale and exhale water.
- To draw off of, take away or channel from.
- In its simplest form no more than a plastic tube through which a clear wine or beer can be conveyed from a jar containing sediment into a clean jar or bottle.