"soakage" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: soakages [plural]
Etymology: soak + -age Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|soak|age}} soak + -age Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} soakage (countable and uncountable, plural soakages)
  1. The act of soaking. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-soakage-en-noun-BKL~Zt3~
  2. The amount of liquid soaked in. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-soakage-en-noun-uZgTAP8b
  3. A source of water in Australian deserts, where water has seeped into the sand. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-soakage-en-noun-gba8U436
  4. (Ireland, informal) food or nonalcoholic beverages consumed before or during a bout of drinking to slow down the onset of drunkenness Tags: Ireland, countable, informal, uncountable
    Sense id: en-soakage-en-noun-ce0tFIcJ Categories (other): Irish English, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -age Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 4 33 57 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -age: 13 11 19 57

Inflected forms

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