shrinkage
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
process or result of becoming less or smaller
the material lost 2 inches per yard in shrinkage
Types & categories
- decrease hypernym
- compression hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 noun
the amount by which something shrinks
Types & categories
- decrement hypernym
Sense 3 noun
the act of stealing goods that are on display in a store
shrinkage is the retail trade's euphemism for shoplifting
Types & categories
- larceny hypernym
Related & opposite
- shoplift derivation
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | shrink |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | shrink |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | decrease |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | compression |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | decrement |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | shoplift |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | larceny |