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Definition: Flowage |
FlowageNoun1. Gradual internal motion or deformation. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Geography | Term applied to the deformation of rocks stressed beyond the limit of elastic recovery; it may involve plasticity(molecular flow), granulation(closely spaced fracturing), gliding(on cleavage planes)or recrystallization. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | See:flow. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: Flowage |
| Specialty definitions using "flowage": anamorphic zone ♦ continuous deformation ♦ Debris avalanche, discontinuous deformation ♦ flow cleavage, flow gneiss, flow roll, flowage fold ♦ mudflow, mudrock, mudrock flow ♦ protomylonite, Pyroclastic flow ♦ torrential wash. (references) |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Flowage at Black River Falls, Wisconsin. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Flowage" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Flowage" is used about 2 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 2 | 245,945 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "flowage"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Arabic | سيلان جريان. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | течение (course, current, draught, drift, flow, flux, fluxion, lapse, onflow, passage, stream, sweep, tide), наводнение (alluvion, flood, flooding, freshet, inundation, overflow), преливане (fusion, infusion, overflow, transfusion). (various references) | |
French | écoulement (flow, flowing). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | owageflay.(various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "flowage": flowages. (additional references) | |
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"Flowage" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Flodwig, florage, flowg, slowage. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "flowage" (pronounced 'Flow"age'): Abusage, Accourage, Adage, Adjustage, Alloyage, Amperage, Appendage, Arrearage, Berthage, Blindage, blockage, Boatage, Bondage, Borage, Bordage, Bossage, Breakage, Brewage, Buoyage, Burgage, Careenage, Cartage, Centage, Checkage, Chiefage, Clearage, Cloudage, Clownage, Coinage, Corage, Cordage, Corkage, Costage, Couage, Courage, Cranage, Crimpage, Cuinage, Encourage, Endamage, Escheatage, Floodage, Floorage, Foldage, Fraughtage, freightage, Frequentage, frontage, fruitage, Frutage. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-f-g-l-o-w" | |
-2 letters: aglow. | |
-3 letters: alef, aloe, alow, awol, egal, feal, flag, flaw, flea, flew, floe, flog, flow, foal, fowl, gale, gaol, glow, goal, golf, leaf, loaf, loge, lowe, ogle, olea, wage, wale, weal, wolf. | |
-4 letters: age, ago, ale, awe, awl, ego, elf, fag, few, foe, fog, gae, gal, gel, goa, lag, law, lea, leg, log. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-f-g-l-o-w" | |
+1 letter: flowages. | |
+2 letters: afterglow, flowerage. | |
+3 letters: afterglows, flowerages. | |
+5 letters: waterfowling. | |
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