shrink|age

shrink|age
shrink|age «SHRIHNG kihj», noun.
1. the act or process of shrinking.
2. a) the amount or degree of shrinking: »

a shrinkage of two inches in the length of a sleeve.

b) a depreciation or decrease, as in value or power: »

the shrinkage of a fortune or a nation's influence. This divine…was vindictively economical because of some shrinkage of his tithes (H. G. Wells).

3. the part of the total weight, as of a steer or hog, lost in its shipment, butchering, and the subsequent curing of the meat: »

You get away from that shrinkage…that you have when the cattle are hauled around first by the trader (Wall Street Journal).


Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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