wastage
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 11
- Words With Friends
- 12
- Letters
- 7
/ˈweɪstɪdʒ/
Definition of wastage
5 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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(uncountable)The amount or proportion of something that is wasted or lost by deterioration or other natural process.
“The average wastage is 1.5% in the grocery department.”
“wastage from fruits and vegetables is estimated at 4.58%–15.88%”
“Likewise, the menopause market is obsessed with muscle wastage, and the possibility that if women don't eat enough protein after the age of 40 their minds will go doolally and their bones will turn to dust.”
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noun
-
(uncountable)The amount or proportion of something that is wasted or lost by deterioration or other natural process.
“The average wastage is 1.5% in the grocery department.”
“wastage from fruits and vegetables is estimated at 4.58%–15.88%”
“Likewise, the menopause market is obsessed with muscle wastage, and the possibility that if women don't eat enough protein after the age of 40 their minds will go doolally and their bones will turn to dust.”
- (uncountable)The periodical turnover of personnel in an organisation by death, retirement or resignation, as perceived by those aspiring to promotion or appointment in the organisation.
- (countable)Anything lost by wear or waste.
- (uncountable)Goods that are damaged, out of date, reduced, or generally unsaleable, which are destined to be thrown away and which are written off as a loss.
- (countable)The act of abandoning animal carcasses or parts, usually illegal.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From waste + -age.
Words you can make from wastage
102 playable · top: SWAGE (9 pts)
Best play swage 9 points6-letter words
1 word5-letter words
10 words4-letter words
41 words- SWAG 8 pts
- WAGE 8 pts
- WAGS 8 pts
- AWES 7 pts
- STAW 7 pts
- STEW 7 pts
- SWAT 7 pts
- TAWS 7 pts
- TEWS 7 pts
- TWAE 7 pts
- TWAS 7 pts
- WAES 7 pts
- WAST 7 pts
- WATS 7 pts
- WEST 7 pts
- WETA 7 pts
- WETS 7 pts
- AGAS 5 pts
- AGES 5 pts
- GAES 5 pts
- GAST 5 pts
- GATE 5 pts
- GATS 5 pts
- GEST 5 pts
- GETA 5 pts
- GETS 5 pts
- SAGA 5 pts
- SAGE 5 pts
- STAG 5 pts
- TAGS 5 pts
- TEGS 5 pts
- ASEA 4 pts
- ATES 4 pts
- EAST 4 pts
- EATS 4 pts
- ETAS 4 pts
- SATE 4 pts
- SEAT 4 pts
- SETA 4 pts
- TASE 4 pts
- TEAS 4 pts
3-letter words
37 words- WAG 7 pts
- AWA 6 pts
- AWE 6 pts
- SAW 6 pts
- SEW 6 pts
- TAW 6 pts
- TEW 6 pts
- TWA 6 pts
- WAE 6 pts
- WAS 6 pts
- WAT 6 pts
- WET 6 pts
- AGA 4 pts
- AGE 4 pts
- AGS 4 pts
- GAE 4 pts
- GAS 4 pts
- GAT 4 pts
- GET 4 pts
- SAG 4 pts
- SEG 4 pts
- TAG 4 pts
- TEG 4 pts
- AAS 3 pts
- ATE 3 pts
- ATS 3 pts
- EAT 3 pts
- EST 3 pts
- ETA 3 pts
- SAE 3 pts
- SAT 3 pts
- SEA 3 pts
- SET 3 pts
- TAE 3 pts
- TAS 3 pts
- TEA 3 pts
- TES 3 pts
2-letter words
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