English Explanatory Dictionary

seepage

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The process by which something, especially a liquid, leaks through a porous substance; the process of seeping. (Also used figuratively: the process of diffusing.)
  2. Water that has seeped or oozed through a porous soil.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

seepage seepages

Etymology

From seep + -age.

Derived words

antiseepage macroseepage microseepage seepage bed
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