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seepage
CIDE DICTIONARY
seepage, n.
Water that seeped or oozed through a porous soil. [1913 Webster]
seepage, n.
- The act or process of seeping; percolation. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- a fluid that seeps out of a container; as, seepage from a reservoir. [PJC]
THESAURUS
seepage
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