Look up: ullage


  1. Ullage
    French term for a not fully filled wine bottle, due to leakage through the cork.
    Found op http://www.goodcooking.com/winedefs.html

  2. ullage
    [n] - the amount that a container (as a wine bottle or tank) lacks of being full
    Found op http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=ullage

  3. Ullage
    If you ever buy old fine wines, you'll be interested in the ullage level: it refers to the loss of wine from the bottle with time and involves the gap between the cork and the surface of the wine. It can vary widely, even between bottles from the same case, and terms like 'low neck' and 'high should...
    Found op http://www.surf4wine.co.uk/glossary.html

  4. Ullage
    Also known as headspace, the unfilled space in a wine bottle, barrel, or tank.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20673

  5. ullage
    noun the amount that a container (as a wine bottle or tank) lacks of being full
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=ullage

  6. Ullage
    • (n.) The amount which a vessel, as a cask, of liquor lacks of being full; wantage; deficiency.
    Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/ullage/

  7. Ullage
    Ullage or headspace refers to the unfilled space in a container, particularly with a liquid. ==Etymology== The word comes ultimately from the Latin oculus, “eye”, which was used in a figurative sense by the Romans for the bung hole of a barrel. This was taken into French in the medieval period ...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ullage

  8. Ullage
    Unfilled volume of a propellant tank and rarely the unfilled volume in a solid motor.
    Found op http://www.aeroconsystems.com/glossary.htm

  9. ullage
    The extra volume of gas above the liquid propellant held in sealed tanks. This space allows for thermal expansion of the propellant or the buildup of gases released by the propellant.
    Found op http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/U/ullage.html

  10. Ullage
    The empty space above the liquid in a wine bottle (or wine barrel or tank) usually after long storage. Ullage is used as an indicator of how well a cork seals its bottle. It is highly unusual for a wine bottle to retain its fill point without ullage after long storage since all corks tend to allow s...
    Found op http://www.edenwines.co.uk/Glossary_u.html

  11. Ullage
    [wine] Ullage (from the French ouillage) is a winemaking term that has several meanings but most commonly refers to the headspace of air between wine and the top of the container that it is in. It can also refer to the process of evaporation that creates the headspace itself or it can be use...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ullage_(wine)

  12. ullage
    1) Amount lacking to make a full cask 2) Indefinite quantity 3) Liquid amount lost in storage
    Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/ullage/1

  13. Ullage
    See under Loss .
    Found op http://www.wein-plus.eu/en/Ullage_3.0.6568.html

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