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oozage

oozage noun: seepage or leakage via oozing.

Noun

oozage (uncountable)

  1. Seepage or leakage via oozing.
    • I am keeping in view, that from such an area the quantity of water carried off by evaporation must in that time have been considerable; but I assume that this was compensated for by the leakage or oozage from the adjoining lands; so that I consider the quantity above stated to be a faithful...1856, Royal Scottish Society of Arts, Transactions of the Royal Scottish Society of Arts, page 163
    • Top a bread slice (or tortilla) with meltable fillings: cheese and salsa, […]. Cover with another bread slice and two more foil sheets, and fold over edges to avoid oozage. 3. Press iron onto the foil packet and move it back and forth across the foil surface for 30 seconds.2014, Blair Thornburgh, Stuff Every College Student Should Know, Quirk Books, →ISBN

Origin of oozage

From ooze + -age.

Questions about oozage

What does oozage mean?
Oozage means seepage or leakage via oozing.
What part of speech is oozage?
Oozage is a noun.

Words near oozage in the dictionary

  1. oowops
  2. ooxanthine
  3. ooxanthines
  4. OOXML
  5. ooyah
  6. oozage
  7. Oozbek
  8. Oozbeks
  9. ooze
  10. ooze leather
  11. ooze leathers

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