sinkage

English

Etymology

sink + -age

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.

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