Debouch

Pronunciation: /dɛˈbaʊtʃ/

Debouch (verb)

  1. To flow or move out from a narrow place into a wider area.
  2. To come out from a narrow or confined space into a more open area.

Examples

  • The river debouches into the sea.
  • The stream debouches from the mountains.

Common collocations: debouch into the ocean, debouch from the hills, debouch from the tunnel, debouch into the clearing

Synonyms of Debouch

Formal

Neutral

Antonyms of Debouch

  • opposite of emerging