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sinkage

sinkage noun: an amount of material involved in a sinking.

Noun

sinkage (countable and uncountable, plural sinkages)

  1. An amount of material involved in a sinking.
  2. An area of sunken ground; a depression.
  3. The change in draft that a vessel obtains when moving through the water.

Forms of sinkage

pluralsinkages

Origin of sinkage

From sink + -age.

Questions about sinkage

What does sinkage mean?
Sinkage means an amount of material involved in a sinking.
What part of speech is sinkage?
Sinkage is a noun.
What is the plural of sinkage?
The plural of sinkage is sinkages.

Words near sinkage in the dictionary

  1. sink traps
  2. sink-hole
  3. sink-holes
  4. sinkability
  5. sinkable
  6. sinkage
  7. sinkages
  8. sinkaline
  9. sinkankasite
  10. sinkant
  11. sinkants

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