DEBOUCH


Meaning of DEBOUCH in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ di-ˈbau̇ch, -ˈbüsh, dē- ]

verb

Etymology: French déboucher, from dé- de- + bouche mouth, from Old French boche, from Latin bucca cheek

Date: 1745

transitive verb

: to cause to emerge : discharge

intransitive verb

1. : to march out into open ground

troops debouch ing from the town

2. : emerge , issue

rivers debouch ing into the sea

• de·bouch·ment -mənt noun

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.