Definitions for flowages

flowages flow·age

Spelling: [floh-ij]
IPA: /ˈfloʊ ɪdʒ/

Flowages is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 266 anagrams from letters in flowages (aefglosw).

Definitions for flowages

noun

  1. an act of flowing; flow.
  2. the state of being flooded.
  3. flowing or overflowing water, or other liquid.
  4. Mechanics. gradual internal motion or deformation.

Origin of flowages

An Americanism dating back to 1820-30; flow + -age

Examples for flowages

flowage is often beautifully expressed by the arrangement of the slender laths of feldspar.

A monopoly will give us settled prices and control of the flowage.

On these marshes, wherever the flowage is killing the grass, the vine is rapidly spreading, without transplanting.

The flowage vastly increased the extent of the deadwater, slowing the logs of the independents, whose towage methods were crude.

It is extremely difficult to set limits to the effect of such a flowage.

The chartered operators control the flowage completely, opening and shutting gates at their pleasure.

We have in mind now, the common case of water temporarily raised, by Winter flowage or by Summer freshets.

A sixty foot channel has been left through the flowage for slucing logs.

The water power has a fall of eighteen feet and a flowage of about three miles.

Word Value for flowages
Scrable

14

Words with friends

16

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