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Look up: ullage

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

  2. ullage
    [n] - the amount that a container (as a wine bottle or tank) lacks of being full
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  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 shoulder' are used to describe it. These descriptors will probably become less important as a combination of digital photography and the internet will mean that prospective purchasers will soon be able to actually see the condition of any bottles they are interested in.
    Found on http://www.surf4wine.co.uk/glossary.html

  4. Ullage
    Also known as headspace, the unfilled space in a wine bottle, barrel, or tank.
    Found on http://www.winedirect.co.uk/winecompanio

  5. ullage
    the empty space above the surface of the liquid or the wine in a container,particularly in a cask.The term head space is applied more to the space in bottles Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries • Depth of space above the free surface of the fluid. Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  6. ullage
    noun the amount that a container (as a wine bottle or tank) lacks of being full
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

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

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

  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 on http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedi


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