Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The process, amount, or degree of sinking.
- noun A sunken area; a depression.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An
amount of material involved in asinking - noun An area of
sunken ground; adepression - noun Change in draft a vessel obtains when moving through the water
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Examples
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Despite media reports that the famous Dubai World Islands are sinking, the developer Nakheel flatly denies any such sinkage and described the reports as "wholly inaccurate."
Piano on a sandbar; Dubai islands; dating for sea captains: our ocean roundup Melissa Bell 2011
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Let's use the Wikipedia synopsis to explain: In the year 2029, a large scale ground sinkage occurred in the Mediterranean Sea.
Suspension of Disbelief....Failing... Big Jim 2010
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Let's use the Wikipedia synopsis to explain: In the year 2029, a large scale ground sinkage occurred in the Mediterranean Sea.
Archive 2010-04-01 Big Jim 2010
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If you have fresh berries, I highly reccommend using those to cut down on the sinkage.
What Seymour Made! Sarah 2009
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If you have fresh berries, I highly reccommend using those to cut down on the sinkage.
Archive 2009-05-01 Sarah 2009
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I did make it in a slightly larger pan than called for in the recipe so this may account for the sinkage.
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I did make it in a slightly larger pan than called for in the recipe so this may account for the sinkage.
Archive 2008-09-01 2008
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The Titanic: Tony Hayward says he expects sinkage will be "very, very modest."
Jonathan Leigh Solomon: If BP Was In Charge of Everything! 2010
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The Titanic: Tony Hayward says he expects sinkage will be "very, very modest."
Jonathan Leigh Solomon: If BP Was In Charge of Everything! 2010
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Like most of the fishing industry, eel farming also results in environmental problems, such as water shortage and land sinkage caused by the heavy extraction of groundwater.
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