flowage

[ floh-ij ]

noun
  1. an act of flowing; flow.

  2. the state of being flooded.

  1. flowing or overflowing water, or other liquid.

  2. Mechanics. gradual internal motion or deformation.

Origin of flowage

1
An Americanism dating back to 1820–30; flow + -age

Words Nearby flowage

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How to use flowage in a sentence

  • On these marshes, wherever the flowage is killing the grass, the vine is rapidly spreading, without transplanting.

    Fifty Years In The Northwest | William Henry Carman Folsom
  • A sixty foot channel has been left through the flowage for slucing logs.

    Fifty Years In The Northwest | William Henry Carman Folsom
  • The chartered operators control the flowage completely, opening and shutting gates at their pleasure.

    Fifty Years In The Northwest | William Henry Carman Folsom
  • The flowage vastly increased the extent of the deadwater, slowing the logs of the independents, whose towage methods were crude.

  • Vittum explained to her that the law was still considering the question of “natural flowage.”

British Dictionary definitions for flowage

flowage

/ (ˈfləʊɪdʒ) /


noun
  1. the act of flowing or overflowing or the state of having overflowed

  2. the liquid that flows or overflows

  1. a gradual deformation or motion of certain solids, such as asphalt, which flow without fracture

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