"spittoon" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /spɪˈtuːn/ Audio: En-us-spittoon.oga [US] Forms: spittoons [plural]
Etymology: spit + -oon Etymology templates: {{affix|en|spit|-oon}} spit + -oon Head templates: {{en-noun}} spittoon (plural spittoons)
  1. A receptacle for spit. Wikipedia link: spittoon Categories (topical): Containers Synonyms: spitoon Synonyms (receptacle): cuspidor, spitbox, goboon, gaboon, spit bucket Related terms: spitter Translations (receptacle for spit): плюва́лник (pljuválnik) [masculine] (Bulgarian), escopidora [feminine] (Catalan), 痰壺 [Hokkien] (Chinese), 痰壶 (zh-min-nan) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 痰罐 (taam⁴ gun³) (Chinese Cantonese), 痰盂罐 (taam⁴ jyu⁴ gun³) (Chinese Cantonese), 痰盂 (tányú) (Chinese Mandarin), 痰桶 (tántǒng) (Chinese Mandarin), 唾壺 (Chinese Mandarin), 唾壶 (tuòhú) (Chinese Mandarin), 痰罐 (tánguàn) (Chinese Mandarin), 痰盒 (tánhé) (Chinese Mandarin), plivátko [neuter] (Czech), spyttebakke [common-gender] (Danish), kwispedoor (Dutch), kraĉujo (Esperanto), süljekauss (Estonian), sylkykuppi (Finnish), crachoir [masculine] (French), Spucknapf [masculine] (German), πτυελοδοχείο (ptyelodocheío) [neuter] (Greek), થૂંકદાની (thū̃kdānī) (Gujarati), પિકદાની (pikdānī) (Gujarati), tempolong (Indonesian), seileadán [masculine] (Irish), sputacchiera [feminine] (Italian), たんつぼ (tantsubo) (Japanese), 痰壺 (tantsubo) (alt: たんつぼ) (Japanese), 痰壷 (tantsubo) (alt: たんつぼ) (Japanese), ಡವಕೆ (ḍavake) (Kannada), កន្ថោរ (kon thoa) (Khmer), жем (jem) (Kumyk), плукалник (plukalnik) [masculine] (Macedonian), плувалник (pluvalnik) [masculine] (Macedonian), ketur (Malay), tempolong (Malay), തുപ്പൽപാത്രം (tuppalpātraṁ) (Malayalam), paepae hūare (Maori), spluwaczka [feminine] (Polish), cuspidor [masculine] (Portuguese), cuspideira [feminine] (Portuguese), escarradeira [feminine] (Portuguese), плева́тельница (plevátelʹnica) [feminine] (Russian), плева́льница (pleválʹnica) [feminine] (Russian), пљувачница [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), пљуваоница [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), pljuvačnica [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), pljuvaonica [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), escupidera [feminine] (Spanish), ᮒᮙ᮪ᮕᮧᮜᮧᮀ (tampolong) (Sundanese), spottkopp [common-gender] (Swedish), spottlåda [common-gender] (Swedish), duraan (Tagalog), luraan (Tagalog), తమ్మతొట్టి (tammatoṭṭi) (Telugu), ಪಡ್ಯ (paḍya) (Tulu), tükürük hokkası (Turkish), плювальниця (pljuvalʹnycja) [feminine] (Ukrainian), poerlestr [masculine] (Welsh), 痰瓶 (Wu Chinese)

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          "roman": "tuppalpātraṁ",
          "sense": "receptacle for spit",
          "word": "തുപ്പൽപാത്രം"
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          "text": "These had once been divided meticulously between the three classes and were still embellished by lengthy extracts from the Decrée of 1902 (\"passengers must not spit except into the spittoons provided on pain of...\"—but, alas, the spittoons are no more).",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2003, Marie Jakober, Only Call Us Faithful: A Novel of the Union Underground, page 194",
          "text": "They had made good time, Streight thought, considering what they were using: a chisel, a wooden spittoon to put the dirt in, a clothesline to pull the spittoon back and forth, a candle for the digger, and the rubber blanket for fanning air.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A receptacle for spit."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "receptacle",
          "receptacle"
        ],
        [
          "spit",
          "spit"
        ]
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "spittoon"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "/spɪˈtuːn/"
    },
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    {
      "sense": "receptacle",
      "word": "cuspidor"
    },
    {
      "sense": "receptacle",
      "word": "spitbox"
    },
    {
      "sense": "receptacle",
      "word": "goboon"
    },
    {
      "sense": "receptacle",
      "word": "gaboon"
    },
    {
      "sense": "receptacle",
      "word": "spit bucket"
    },
    {
      "word": "spitoon"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "pljuválnik",
      "sense": "receptacle for spit",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "плюва́лник"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "receptacle for spit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "escopidora"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "taam⁴ gun³",
      "sense": "receptacle for spit",
      "word": "痰罐"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "taam⁴ jyu⁴ gun³",
      "sense": "receptacle for spit",
      "word": "痰盂罐"
    },
    {
      "code": "nan-hbl",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "sense": "receptacle for spit",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "痰壺"
    },
    {
      "code": "nan-hbl",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "roman": "zh-min-nan",
      "sense": "receptacle for spit",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "痰壶"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "tányú",
      "sense": "receptacle for spit",
      "word": "痰盂"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "tántǒng",
      "sense": "receptacle for spit",
      "word": "痰桶"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "receptacle for spit",
      "word": "唾壺"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "tuòhú",
      "sense": "receptacle for spit",
      "word": "唾壶"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "tánguàn",
      "sense": "receptacle for spit",
      "word": "痰罐"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "tánhé",
      "sense": "receptacle for spit",
      "word": "痰盒"
    },
    {
      "code": "wuu",
      "lang": "Wu Chinese",
      "sense": "receptacle for spit",
      "word": "痰瓶"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "receptacle for spit",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "plivátko"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "receptacle for spit",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "spyttebakke"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "receptacle for spit",
      "word": "kwispedoor"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "receptacle for spit",
      "word": "kraĉujo"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "receptacle for spit",
      "word": "süljekauss"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "receptacle for spit",
      "word": "sylkykuppi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "receptacle for spit",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "crachoir"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "receptacle for spit",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Spucknapf"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ptyelodocheío",
      "sense": "receptacle for spit",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "πτυελοδοχείο"
    },
    {
      "code": "gu",
      "lang": "Gujarati",
      "roman": "thū̃kdānī",
      "sense": "receptacle for spit",
      "word": "થૂંકદાની"
    },
    {
      "code": "gu",
      "lang": "Gujarati",
      "roman": "pikdānī",
      "sense": "receptacle for spit",
      "word": "પિકદાની"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "receptacle for spit",
      "word": "tempolong"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "receptacle for spit",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "seileadán"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "receptacle for spit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sputacchiera"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "tantsubo",
      "sense": "receptacle for spit",
      "word": "たんつぼ"
    },
    {
      "alt": "たんつぼ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "tantsubo",
      "sense": "receptacle for spit",
      "word": "痰壺"
    },
    {
      "alt": "たんつぼ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "tantsubo",
      "sense": "receptacle for spit",
      "word": "痰壷"
    },
    {
      "code": "kn",
      "lang": "Kannada",
      "roman": "ḍavake",
      "sense": "receptacle for spit",
      "word": "ಡವಕೆ"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "kon thoa",
      "sense": "receptacle for spit",
      "word": "កន្ថោរ"
    },
    {
      "code": "kum",
      "lang": "Kumyk",
      "roman": "jem",
      "sense": "receptacle for spit",
      "word": "жем"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "plukalnik",
      "sense": "receptacle for spit",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "плукалник"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "pluvalnik",
      "sense": "receptacle for spit",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "плувалник"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "receptacle for spit",
      "word": "ketur"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "receptacle for spit",
      "word": "tempolong"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "tuppalpātraṁ",
      "sense": "receptacle for spit",
      "word": "തുപ്പൽപാത്രം"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "receptacle for spit",
      "word": "paepae hūare"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "receptacle for spit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "spluwaczka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "receptacle for spit",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cuspidor"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "receptacle for spit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cuspideira"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "receptacle for spit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "escarradeira"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "plevátelʹnica",
      "sense": "receptacle for spit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "плева́тельница"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pleválʹnica",
      "sense": "receptacle for spit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "плева́льница"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "receptacle for spit",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "пљувачница"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "receptacle for spit",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "пљуваоница"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "receptacle for spit",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pljuvačnica"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "receptacle for spit",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pljuvaonica"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "receptacle for spit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "escupidera"
    },
    {
      "code": "su",
      "lang": "Sundanese",
      "roman": "tampolong",
      "sense": "receptacle for spit",
      "word": "ᮒᮙ᮪ᮕᮧᮜᮧᮀ"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "receptacle for spit",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "spottkopp"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "receptacle for spit",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "spottlåda"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "receptacle for spit",
      "word": "duraan"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "receptacle for spit",
      "word": "luraan"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "tammatoṭṭi",
      "sense": "receptacle for spit",
      "word": "తమ్మతొట్టి"
    },
    {
      "code": "tcy",
      "lang": "Tulu",
      "roman": "paḍya",
      "sense": "receptacle for spit",
      "word": "ಪಡ್ಯ"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "receptacle for spit",
      "word": "tükürük hokkası"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "pljuvalʹnycja",
      "sense": "receptacle for spit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "плювальниця"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "receptacle for spit",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "poerlestr"
    }
  ],
  "word": "spittoon"
}
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  "called_from": "form_descriptions/2013",
  "msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": thâm-ô͘ vs. zh-min-nan",
  "path": [
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  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "spittoon",
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}

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