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Definitions for Ullage

[1] the amount by which the contents fall short of filling a container, as a cask or bottle.
[2] the quantity of wine, liquor, or the like, remaining in a container that has lost part of its contents by evaporation, leakage, or use.
[3] Rocketry . the volume of a loaded tank of liquid propellant in excess of the volume of the propellant; the space provided for thermal expansion of the propellant and the accumulation of gases evolved from it.
[4] the volume by which a liquid container falls short of being full
[5] the quantity of liquid lost from a container due to leakage or evaporation (in customs terminology) the amount of liquid remaining in a container after such loss
[6] to create ullage in
[7] to determine the amount of ullage in
[8] to fill up ullage in

Words nearby Ullage

uleåborg, ulf, ulfilas, ulhasnagar, uliginous, ullage, ullage rocket, ullswater, ulluco, ulm, ulmaceous

Origin of Ullage

1400–50; late Middle English < Anglo-French ulliage; Old French ouillage, (h)eullage wine needed to fill a cask, equivalent to (a)ouill(er ) to fill (a cask) (derivative of ouil eye, hole < Latin oculus ) + -age -age

Other words from Ullage

ul·laged , adjective

Word origin for Ullage

C15: from Old French ouillage filling of a cask, from ouiller to fill a cask, from ouil eye, from Latin oculus eye