shrink rate
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.71 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
1
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The percentage or fraction of an original size, weight, or mass that is lost when an object or material shrinks.
noun
The percentage or fraction of an original inventory that is left after reductions from theft, spoilage, evaporation, mislaying, and so on.
Example Sentences
- "Patternmakers, moldmakers, diemakers, and toolmakers must understand the shrink rates of the materials involved in the casting, molding, and stamping processes."
- "Retail analysts must understand the shrink rates of the businesses whose performance they forecast."