单词 | meltage |
释义 | meltage in British English (ˈmɛltɪdʒ) noun the process or result of melting or the amount melted rapid meltage of ice meltage in American English (ˈmɛltɪdʒ) noun 1. the act of melting 2. the thing or quantity resulting from melting meltage in American English (ˈmeltɪdʒ) noun the amount melted or the result of melting Word origin [melt1 + -age]-age is a suffix typically forming mass or abstract nouns from various parts of speech,occurring originally in loanwords from French (voyage; courage) and productive in English with the meanings “aggregate” (coinage; peerage; trackage), “process” (coverage; breakage), “the outcome of” as either “the fact of” or “the physical effect or remains of”(seepage; wreckage; spoilage), “place of living or business” (parsonage; brokerage), “social standing or relationship” (bondage; marriage; patronage), and “quantity, measure, or charge” (footage; shortage; tonnage; towage) |
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