# sinkage

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. An amount of material involved in a sinking.
2. An area of sunken ground; a depression.
3. The change in draft that a vessel obtains when moving through the water.

## Etymology
From sink + -age.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/sinkage