strippage
strippage noun: material stripped from something.
Noun
strippage (uncountable)
- Material stripped from something.
- Strippage from a borrow area was first treated as waste, under the contract, but after passage of time was suitable for fill and was so used.1946, Digest of the Decisions of the Corps of Engineers Board of Contract Appeals, page 101
Origin of strippage
From strip + -age.
Questions about strippage
- What does strippage mean?
- Strippage means material stripped from something.
- What part of speech is strippage?
- Strippage is a noun.
Words near strippage in the dictionary
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