spilled drink
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1.0
- noun
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- After the party, there were several spilled drinks on the carpet that needed to be cleaned.
Examples
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And I apologize to all previous cocktail reception attendees that I have backed into corners and spilled drinks on while responding to this question.
Academic text (2004) -
Soiled hands, spilled drinks, crumbs, dust, sand, and even outside air were all potential miasmic hazards, capable of breeding affliction.
Fiction book (2001) -
That spilled drink's gonna ruin your carpet.
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We dance until the lights come on, revealing a dance floor of spilled drinks and dropped coat checks, glasses holding triangles of lemon and lime.
Fiction book (2001) -
He smiled to himself, remembering everything he'd wiped with this rag: mostly spilled drinks... but sometimes spilled blood.
Blog text (17) -
The trailer was hot and smelled foul—too many spilled drinks, too many fried onions and hamburgers, too many cigarettes, never enough air.
Fiction book (1990) -
After taking the photo, Leibovitz wondered what was behind all those stains, only to discover that Woolf was a very sloppy person who often spilled drinks all over her workspace.
Blog text (27) -
The waiter cleaned up the spilled drink from the table before it reached the floor.
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He slipped on the spilled drink, which made everyone laugh at his clumsiness.
Synonyms
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1.0
An accidental flow of liquid from a container
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2.0
A small amount of liquid added to food or drink
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3.2
An event when water or other things flow over the edge of a container
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3.7
An amount of liquid or other substance that flows out by accident
A spill of liquid over the edge of a container
A messy splash of liquid that leaves a stain
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is a straightforward compositional noun phrase: 'spilled' (past participle of 'spill') describes the action applied to 'drink' (a beverage), so a B1 learner who knows both words will predict a beverage that has been accidentally poured out. The syntax and semantics follow regular English adjective + noun patterns and are cross-linguistically common, making the meaning immediately accessible.
Etymology
The noun spilled drink comes from the simple image of a drink that has been spilled out of its cup or glass and makes a 'mess' on a table or floor. So it means some liquid that was poured out by 'accident'.