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SOAKAGE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does soakage mean? 

SOAKAGE (noun)
  The noun SOAKAGE has 1 sense:

1. the process of becoming softened and saturated as a consequence of being immersed in water (or other liquid)play

  Familiarity information: SOAKAGE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SOAKAGE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The process of becoming softened and saturated as a consequence of being immersed in water (or other liquid)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Synonyms:

soak; soakage; soaking

Context example:

a good soak put life back in the wagon

Hypernyms ("soakage" is a kind of...):

action; activity; natural action; natural process (a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings))

Derivation:

soak (submerge in a liquid)


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