Definizione monolingua

siphon

siphon (third-person singular simple present siphons, present participle siphoning, simple past and past participle siphoned)

1. (transitive) to transfer (liquid) by means of a siphon.

   He used a rubber tube to siphon petrol from the cars fuel tank.

siphon (plural siphons)

1. A bent pipe or tube with one end lower than the other, in which hydrostatic pressure exerted due to the force of gravity moves liquid from one reservoir to another.
2. a soda siphon
3. (biology) a tubelike organ found in animals or elongated cell found in plants.

Definizione dizionario siphon

	sifone
	a bent pipe or tube with one end lower than the other

Altri significati:

a soda siphon

A bent pipe or tube with one end lower than the other, in which hydrostatic pressure exerted due to the force of gravity moves liquid from one reservoir to another.

(transitive) to transfer (liquid) by means of a siphon.

(biology) a tubelike organ found in animals or elongated cell found in plants.