flowage Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun gradual internal motion or deformation of a solid body (as by heat)
    • rock fracture and rock flowage are different types of geological deformation
  2. noun a body of water that has been created by deliberately flooding an area
    • many campsites were located near the flowage
  3. noun the act of flooding; filling to overflowing
    flood.

WordNet


Flow"age noun
Definitions
  1. An overflowing with water; also, the water which thus overflows.

Webster 1913