syphon

English

Noun

syphon (plural syphons)

1. Alternative spelling of siphon.

Derived terms

• thermic syphon
• thermosyphon

Verb

syphon (third-person singular simple present syphons, present participle syphoning, simple past and past participle syphoned)

1. Alternative spelling of siphon.
   • 2022, Jim Crace, eden, Picador, page 13:

     It takes only a moment and a toe, the warning goes, and death will sink its teeth into your foot, and death will syphon the blood from your veins, to satisfy its phantoms and its ghosts.

Anagrams

• Hypnos