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sinkage definition

sink·age (siŋ′kij)

noun

  1. the act of sinking
  2. the degree to which something has sunk or been sunk
  3. an area or part sunk below the surrounding level; depression

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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