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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