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

Translations

déboucher

ξεπροβάλλω

εξορμώ

ξεχύνομαι

ξεχύνω

προχωρώ στα ανοικτά

uitkomen

uitlopen

uitmonden

desembocar

çıkmak

Pronounced as (IPA)

/dɪˈbuːʃ/

Etymology

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