Sinks

Word SINKS
Character 5
Hyphenation N/A
Pronunciations /sɪŋks/

Definitions and meanings of "Sinks"

What do we mean by sinks?

A basin used for holding water for washing.

A drain for carrying off wastewater.

A sinkhole.

A depression in land where water collects, with no visible outlet.

A heat sink.

A place that absorbs resources or energy.

The motion of a sinker pitch.

An object or callback that captures events; event sink

A destination vertex in a transportation network

An abode of degraded persons; a wretched place.

A depression in a stereotype plate.

A stage trap-door for shifting scenery.

An excavation less than a shaft.

(game development) One or several systems that remove currency from the game's economy, thus controlling or preventing inflation

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The word "sinks" in example sentences

Many of the bathrooms are pretty old, with white tiles, porcelain sinks ... ❋ Nick Carr (2010)

For the most part the problem with the money sinks is that they are badly handled, badly managed. ❋ Zornhau (2010)

The high interest rates keep the City buoyant while the rest of Britain sinks, joining the Euro is the only plausible solution and therefore must do this before industry is battered anymore ❋ Unknown (2009)

James Lumin sinks into the glass of his office window, the coolness of it a welcome balm to his frazzled synapses. ❋ Amberfocus (2008)

As McCain sinks along with his doomed party, lets not forget how and why the American ship of State is also sinking – we were bushwhacked by greed and lies. ❋ Unknown (2008)

If the world again sinks into the ruins of some ideological framework this history will have been written in vain and later people will revise it for themselves. ❋ Unknown (2000)

Often the word sinks into a mere exclamation, or becomes an expression of flattery. ❋ James George Frazer (1897)

Almost a quarter of all the world's CO2 ends up in the oceans, but in May scientists reported in Science that recent climate change has weakened one of the Earth's natural carbon 'sinks' --- the Southern Ocean around Antarctica. ❋ Unknown (2007)

But one advantage of large project-oriented or center-oriented* grants is that they are educational 'sinks' -- they soak up surplus PhDs. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The remaining 60\% has been absorbed by carbon 'sinks' - natural reservoirs on land and at sea where carbon is stored away as organic material, like trees and plankton. ❋ Unknown (2009)

It's designed to provide the first complete picture of human and natural CO2 sources, as well as "sinks" -- the places where it is pulled from the atmosphere and stored, NASA said. ❋ Unknown (2009)

-- Natural "sinks" -- the ocean, forests and other land -- are "a huge subsidy" to the global economy, worth 500 billion dollars annually for soaking up more than half of the CO2 that would otherwise be released into the atmosphere and increase the greenhouse effect. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Even as “emissions are increasing at a faster pace,” “the planet’s capacity to sequester carbon in natural sinks is decreasing.” ❋ Unknown (2009)

With a higher level of development the birthrate generally sinks, which is a main cause of demographic change. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Bots do not cause a change in direct faucets versus sinks, that is gold that is directly procured rather than by selling random drop items on the AH. ❋ Unknown (2008)

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