overspill
- n the relocation of people from overcrowded cities; they are accommodated in new houses or apartments in smaller towns
- n the occurrence of surplus liquid (as water) exceeding the limit or capacity
- But instead of bathing in the overspill of his limelight, they're jealous, rancorous.
- It had been a life-saving overspill.
- The changes came in 11 ships, carrying 778 convicts, overspill from British prisons, and their guards.