Seepage
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Seepage is a noun meaning Water that has seeped or oozed through a porous soil.
Meaning
Water that has seeped or oozed through a porous soil.
More Meanings
- The process by which something, especially a liquid, leaks through a porous substance; the process of seeping. (Also used figuratively: the process of diffusing.)
Example Sentences
Despite some seepage of customs from north of the border, the Day of the Dead is not [widespread in the US].
In the case of the Rio Blanco experiment, it is the seepage of gas which is considered to be the "worst possible situation" that might occur.
[…] while they all admit that the most serious losses occur by seepage of gas from, and oil into, the combustion-chamber and that this seepage is […]
Word Forms
- seepages
Synonyms for seepage
Depending on context, synonyms include ooze, oozing.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include oozing, ooze, leak, leaching, leakage, leaking.
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