Meaning of outtake | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A portion of a recording (a take) that is not included in the final version of a film or a musical album, often because it contains a mistake.
2. A complete version of a recording or film that is dropped in favour of another version, reject.
3. An opening for outward discharge; a vent.

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Examples

“The DVD for that movie has ten minutes' worth of outtakes.”

“The boiler is "sectional" and of the water tube type⟳, in which the steam and water drums are arranged transversely to the flow⟳ of gases from the furnace to the outtake to chimney.”

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