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waftage

/ˈwɒftɪd͡ʒ/

waftage noun: conveyance, transportation on a buoyant medium, such as air or water. The act of being wafted.

Noun

waftage (countable and uncountable, plural waftages)

  1. (dated) Conveyance, transportation on a buoyant medium, such as air or water. The act of being wafted.
    • […] I ſtalke about her doore / Like a ſtrange ſoule upon the Stigian bankes / Staying for waftage.c. 1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...
    • The Ships appointed vvherein they ſhould goe, / And Boats prepar'd for vvaftage to and fro.1627, Michaell [i.e., Michael] Drayton, “The Battaile of Agincourt”, in The Battaile of Agincourt. […], London: […] [Augustine Matthews] for William Lee, […], →OCLC, page 19

waftage meaning in Urdu

waftage in Urdu

اشارہ

Forms of waftage

pluralwaftages

Origin of waftage

From waft + -age.

Questions about waftage

What does waftage mean?
Waftage means conveyance, transportation on a buoyant medium, such as air or water. The act of being wafted.
What is waftage in Urdu?
Waftage in Urdu is اشارہ. See Waftage meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is waftage?
Waftage is a noun.
How do you pronounce waftage?
Waftage is pronounced /ˈwɒftɪd͡ʒ/.
What is the plural of waftage?
The plural of waftage is waftages.

Words near waftage in the dictionary

  1. WAfreE
  2. WAFs
  3. waft
  4. waft off
  5. waft over
  6. waftage
  7. waftages
  8. wafted
  9. wafted off
  10. wafted over
  11. wafter

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