shrinkage

Other forms of shrinkage

plural

shrinkages·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about shrinkage

What does shrinkage mean?

shrinkage means "process or result of becoming less or smaller". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in shrinkage?

shrinkage has 2 syllables: shrin-kage. The stress falls on "shrin". In IPA it is /ˈʃɹɪŋkɪdʒ/.

What is another word for shrinkage?

Close synonyms include shrinking, shoplifting. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is shrinkage a common word?

shrinkage is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.