debouch
/dɪˈbaʊtʃ
/ /dɪˈbuːʃ/verb [no object, with adverbial of direction]
Emerge from a confined space into a wide, open area: the stream finally debouches into a silent pool...
- Bangladesh, one of the most populous spots on earth, is virtually the delta of the Brahmaputra and Ganga river systems, where numerous streams and rivers debouch to the Bay of Bengal.
- It was as one crossed the frontier, debouching from the Khyber Pass, that one saw evidence of an altogether different lifestyle and the corruption that accompanies it.
- For 80 years the statue, erected after the first world war, has, with magnificent hauteur, turned his behind on the traffic that boils up where London's Park Lane debouches into Piccadilly and Knightsbridge.
Derivatives
debouchment
/ /dɪˈbuːʃm(ə)nt / noun ...- In medieval days the river was navigable from Portarlington to its debouchment at St Mullins.
- He relied on 15 Panzer Division and the Reconnaissance Group around Azizia to break up any debouchment from the escarpment by British forces.
- The valley of the Tay, from the source of that river in the west to its debouchment at Dundee, is peculiarly rich in historic memoirs.
Origin
Mid 18th century: from French déboucher, from dé- (expressing removal) + bouche 'mouth' (from Latin bucca 'cheek').