shrinkage

«shrinkage» in Mova's school dictionary: The amount by which something gets smaller — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (shrinkage — usually uncountable)

meaning for a pupil

1) The amount by which something gets smaller. tree →

2) The process of getting smaller. tree →

3) (business) Goods lost from a shop through theft, damage or mistakes. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science and everyday life, clothes and wood can shrink; shrinkage is how much smaller they get. In maths, shrinkage is a decrease, often given as a percentage: 5% shrinkage on a 100 cm cloth leaves 95 cm. Phrases: allow for shrinkage, percentage shrinkage.

examples

• Wash it in cold water to avoid shrinkage. tree →
• The shrinkage of the jumper was 3 centimetres. tree →
• Buy a bigger size to allow for shrinkage. tree →
• Wood shows shrinkage as it dries. tree →
• Shops lose money through shrinkage. tree →
• If 10% shrinkage happens to 50 cm, it becomes 45 cm. tree →

note

From shrink (shrink, shrank, shrunk). In maths, shrinkage is a decrease: new size = old size − shrinkage.

In the corpora

• A vivid example: shops call stolen goods "shrinkage", as if the stock just got smaller by itself.
• "Shrinkage" is shop talk for goods lost to theft.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «shrinkage» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.