overspill in English

noun
1
people or things that spill over or are in excess.
An essence she might purchase in a tiny phial for a considerable sum is so abundant, here at its source, that it's no doubt poured roughly into barrels and the overspills trampled into mud - or so she fancies.
noun

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1. 5 The 144 cells are now used as an overspill for Wormwood Scrubs.

2. MEXICALI, Mexico/EL CENTRO, Calif., (Reuters) - Coronavirus cases are surging in a scorching hot desert region straddling south California and a city near Mexico's Tijuana, leading to saturated hospitals, a cross-border overspill of patients and Airlifts from rural U.S

3. ‘With curious looks a pair of tiny-winged amoretti press back the overspill of grapes from the basket they have brought Erigone.’ ‘In it Venus appears seated on a couch, with her lower limbs covered and her left hand upon her breast, looking into a mirror held up by an Amoretto, while another Amoretto is reaching up to crown her with a wreath of flowers.’