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
I unloaded my canoe near the Grand Falls flowage on the St. Croix, where a gray-haired dam worker reminded me that the river flows south and east.
From New York Times ● Jun. 20, 2018
The airport will also charge an aviation fuel flowage fee starting July 1.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 24, 2018
Tribal lands are located on a portion of the 15,300-acre flowage.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 27, 2015
Beneath the surface rocks are not only cemented, but may be deformed or mashed by dynamic movements caused by great earth stresses; the rocks may undergo rock flowage.
From The Economic Aspect of Geology by Leith, C. K. (Charles Kenneth)
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