Meaning & use
siphon
A bent tube used to draw liquid up and over the edge of one container and into another using pressure.
See it in a sentence
He used a rubber siphon to drain the gasoline from the old lawn mower's tank.
A siphon carries water from the reservoir down into the pipes without any pump.
A note on using this word
Siphon is also commonly used as a verb meaning to draw off liquid, or figuratively money, gradually and often secretly.
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Another way to use it
2. verb
To draw off liquid using a tube, or to divert money or resources gradually and often improperly.
Investigators found that the manager had siphoned thousands of dollars from the company account.
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