debouch

Meaning

Noun

1. A narrow outlet from which a body of water pours.
2. A fortress at the end of a defile.

Verb

To pour forth from a narrow opening; to emerge from a narrow place like a defile into open country or a wider space.

Synonyms

march out

calculate

cipher

come down

compute

count

🔢

cypher

decline

decrease

depress

dip

discharge

disembogue

drop

ebb

enumerate

fall

figure

get down

go down

boil down

let down

lour

lower

number

🔢

numerate

posit

put down

rack

reckon

set

sluice

stick up

tap

trim down

work out

defervesce

ebb off

ebb out

let

Pronounced as (IPA)

/dɪˈbuːʃ/

Etymology

From French déboucher (de + bouche (“mouth”)), modelled on Italian sboccare.