soakage

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   the act of soaking or the liquid absorbed by soaking

   Soakage from the burst pipe ruined the carpet downstairs.

From soak + -age. The verb soak derives from Old English socian ('to soak, steep'), related to sūcan ('to suck'), from Proto-Germanic *sūkōną, ultimately from a root meaning 'to suck, draw liquid'.

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