Drying this fabric at a high temperature may cause shrinkage.
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Shrinkage
Synonyms for "shrinkage" (73 found)
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Closest matches (15)
Strong matches (22)
Related words (36)
Noun(11 words)
lossmechanical contractionreductionromanian a diminuashopliftingshrinkingshrivellingspoilagevolume reductionvolumetric losswastage
Related word relations
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More general
12 entriesMore specific
8 entriesconcrete shrinkagefabric shrinkageinventory shrinkagemasonry shrinkagemetal shrinkagepaint shrinkagetheft losswood shrinkage
Collocations
6 entriesconcrete shrinkagefabric shrinkageinventory shrinkageshrinkage percentagetheft losswood shrinkage
Inflections
1 entriesDerivations
6 entriesTranslations
6 translations across 4 languages.
Finnish
1 entries- kutistuminen noun (Act of shrinking)
German
1 entries- Schrumpfen noun (Act of shrinking)
Spanish
2 entries- encogimiento noun (Act of shrinking)
- engurra noun (Act of shrinking)
Swedish
2 entries- krympning noun (Act of shrinking)
- minskning noun (Act of shrinking)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
I don't think the dryer was responsible for the shrinkage.
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Was there shrinkage or is it normally that small?
Source: tatoeba (9962788)
Shrinkage may occur.
Source: tatoeba (9962817)
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