soakage
the act of soaking.
liquid that has seeped out or been absorbed.
Origin of soakage
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How to use soakage in a sentence
Also, the soakage in water for any length of time tends to relax the whole of the muscular system.
Boating | W. B. WoodgateIt failed at Erfurt, but, as it is believed the wells were contaminated by soakage, this is perhaps no certain case.
This spring or soakage, whichever it may be, is in black sand, though the sand outside the little basin is yellowish white.
Spinifex and Sand | David W CarnegieSo we decided on the northern course, and chose Mount Shenton, near which a soakage was marked, as our objective point.
Spinifex and Sand | David W CarnegieThe visible supply of water was small, and we had grave doubts as to any soakage existing!
Spinifex and Sand | David W Carnegie
British Dictionary definitions for soakage
/ (ˈsəʊkɪdʒ) /
the process or a period in which a permeable substance is soaked in a liquid
liquid that has been soaked up or has seeped out
Also called: soak Australian a small pool of water or swampy patch
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