noun
- a bent tube used for carrying liquid from a reservoir over the top edge of its container to a point below the surface of the reservoir: the tube must be filled, as by suction, before flow will start
- siphon bottle
- a tubelike organ in some animals, as cuttlefishes, used for drawing in or ejecting liquids
Origin:
Fr < L sipho (gen. siphonis) < Gr siphōn, tube, siphon
transitive verb
to draw off or carry through or as through a siphon