Shrinkage

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The process of shrinking.
  • n. The amount or proportion by which something shrinks.
  • n. A reduction in value; depreciation.
  • n. The total weight loss sustained by livestock in shipment to a market.
  • n. Loss of merchandise, especially through theft.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The act of shrinking, or the proportion by which something shrinks.
  • n. The loss of merchandise through theft.
  • n. The reduction in size of the male genitalia following immersion in cold water
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The act of shrinking; a contraction into less bulk or measurement.
  • n. The amount of such contraction; the bulk or dimension lost by shrinking, as of grain, castings, etc.
  • n. Decrease in value; depreciation.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The contraction of a material to a smaller surface or bulk, whether by cooling after being heated, as a metal, or by drying, as timber or clay, or by wetting, as cord or fabrics.
  • n. Figuratively, a similar reduction of any kind, as loss of weight; especially, loss of value: as, shrinkage in real estate.
  • n. Amount of diminution of surface or bulk, weight or value: as, the shrinkage of cast-iron by cooling is one eighth of an inch to a foot; the shrinkage on the goods was 10 per cent.
  • n. In gunnery, the difference between the outside diameter of the inner cylinder and the inside diameter of the outer cylinder of a built-up gun.
  • n.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. process or result of becoming less or smaller
  • n. the act of stealing goods that are on display in a store
  • n. the amount by which something shrinks
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    theft    larceny    stealing    thievery    thieving   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    depreciation    contraction    diminution   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    linkage   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    attenuation    displacement    abatement    diminution    assuagement   
     
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