seepage
pronunciation
How to pronounce seepage in British English:
UK [ˈsi:pɪdʒ]
How to pronounce seepage in American English:
US [ˈsipɪdʒ]
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- Noun:
- the process of seeping
Word Origin
- seepage (n.)
- 1825, from seep + -age.
Example
- 1. They said the methane could be natural seepage that was there before fracking .
- 2. A new method for the solution unconfined seepage field .
- 3. Conoco said points of undersea seepage found earlier have been stopped , including by reducing drilling platform pressure .
- 4. The water " saved " by sprinklers , lined canals and other forms of seepage control has simply been used to expand the area under irrigation .
- 5. Cold seepage is a widely observed phenomenon in marine environment worldwide .