Definitions for sinkage

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sinkage sink·age

Spelling: [sing-kij]

IPA: /ˈsɪŋ kɪdʒ/

Sinkage is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 201 anagrams from letters in sinkage (aegikns).

Definitions for sinkage

noun

1. the act, process, amount, or degree of sinking.
2. a surface sunk for decorative effect.
3. Printing. the lowering of the first line of body text on a page from its usual position, as at the beginning of a chapter. the amount of such lowering.

Origin of sinkage

First recorded in 1880-85; sink + -age

Examples for sinkage

A writer whose reminiscences have been recently published describes briefly the aspect of the place after the sinkage.

It was over, and all that could be noted was a sinkage in the ground where the ancient pit had been.