noun
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the act of flowing or overflowing or the state of having overflowed
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the liquid that flows or overflows
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a gradual deformation or motion of certain solids, such as asphalt, which flow without fracture
Etymology
Origin of flowage
Example Sentences
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But the victory was a mixed one, with Firestone ruling that the corps must compensate landowners for a flowage easement and reduced land values.
From Washington Times • Dec. 21, 2020
The board also voted to start charging planes an aviation fuel flowage fee that could result in $260,000 in revenue.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 29, 2018
Stopping at a picnic site near a beaver flowage, I spotted a tiny snapping turtle, so freshly emerged from its nest that its face was still dusty and its shell covered with sand and dirt.
From New York Times • Oct. 31, 2016
Tribal lands are located on a portion of the 15,300-acre flowage.
From Washington Times • Sep. 27, 2015
On these marshes, wherever the flowage is killing the grass, the vine is rapidly spreading, without transplanting.
From Fifty Years In The Northwest With An Introduction And Appendix Containing Reminiscences, Incidents And Notes by Folsom, William Henry Carman
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