Definitions for sinkages

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sinkages sink·age

Spelling: [sing-kij]

IPA: /ˈsɪŋ kɪdʒ/

Sinkages is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 257 anagrams from letters in sinkages (aegiknss).

Definitions for sinkages

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 sinkages

First recorded in 1880-85; sink + -age

Examples for sinkages

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

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