shrinkage
shrinkage noun: the act of shrinking, or the proportion by which something shrinks.
Noun
shrinkage (countable and uncountable, plural shrinkages)
- The act of shrinking, or the proportion by which something shrinks.
- How far progress has been made in liquidating the locomotive stock of the old companies may be judged from the shrinkage in their numbers, by some 50 per cent. at the end of 1931, to about 35 per cent. in 1938.1939 September, D. S. Barrie, “The Railways of South Wales”, in Railway Magazine, page 161
- An emergency South Western Railway (SWR) timetable came into force on September 5, in response to the shrinkage of clay embankments on the nine miles between Gillingham and Tisbury. The shrinkage has been caused by the driest summer since 1936, with a severe 40mph speed restriction having to be...2022 September 21, “Network News: West of England Line average speeds drop... to just 31mph”, in RAIL, number 966, page 18
- The loss of merchandise through theft, spoilage, and obsolescence: the shrinking of inventory.
- The reduction in size of the male genitalia when cold, such as from immersion in cold water.
- Do women know about shrinkage?1994 Peter Mehlman & Carol Leifer, "The Hamptons," Seinfeld, Season 5, Episode 20 (aired May 12, 1994), Spoken by Jerry Seinfeld (Jerry Seinfeld)
- This is why guys experience "shrinkage" after they've been swimming.2006, Steve Gerali, Teenage Guys: Exploring Issues Adolescent Guys Face and Strategies to Help Them, Zondervan, page 63
shrinkage meaning in Tamil, Bengali and Kannada
shrinkage in Tamil
- சுரிப்பு, சுருங்களவு, சுருங்குறல், சுருக்கம், குறுக்கம், சுருங்குமளவு
shrinkage in Bengali
- সংকোচন, হ্রাসের পরিমাণ
shrinkage in Kannada
- ಮುರುಟುಹ, ಸವಕಳಿ, ಇಳಿತಾಯ, ಕುಗ್ಗುವಿಕೆ
Examples of shrinkage in a sentence
- An emergency South Western Railway (SWR) timetable came into force on September 5, in response to the shrinkage of clay embankments on the nine miles between Gillingham and Tisbury.2022 September 21, “Network News: West of England Line average speeds drop... to just 31mph”, in RAIL, number 966, page 18:
- That'll get their blood flowing. ... getting the blood flowing coz just the mere thought of jumping into that icy water was starting to get the shrinkage going.2008, Anthony William Brownless, Billy's Book for Blokes, Allen & Unwin:
- And of course, one of the most important questions of all, especially among male plungers, is, "What about shrinkage?!"2010, Fran Capo, Art Zuckerman, Susan Zuckerman, “Polar Bear Clubs”, in It Happened in New York City: Remarkable Events That Shaped...
Forms of shrinkage
| plural | shrinkages |
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Origin of shrinkage
From shrink + -age.
Words formed from shrinkage
Questions about shrinkage
- What does shrinkage mean?
- Shrinkage means the act of shrinking, or the proportion by which something shrinks.
- What is shrinkage in Tamil?
- Shrinkage in Tamil is சுரிப்பு, சுருங்களவு, சுருங்குறல். See Shrinkage meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use shrinkage in a sentence?
- An emergency South Western Railway (SWR) timetable came into force on September 5, in response to the shrinkage of clay embankments on the nine miles between Gillingham and Tisbury.
- What part of speech is shrinkage?
- Shrinkage is a noun.
- What is the plural of shrinkage?
- The plural of shrinkage is shrinkages.
Words near shrinkage in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: shrinkage (page history and authors); shrinkage (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); shrinkage (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); shrinkage (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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