Phrase Hound found 8 phrases and 13 compound words that contain gages. The most common are listed below. Open gages in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 8
- green gagesplural of green gage: A plum cultivar with greenish-yellow flesh and skin, Prunus domestica subsp. italica var. claudiana.
- crusher gagesplural of crusher gage: An instrument for measuring the explosive force of gunpowder, etc., by its effect in compressing a piece of metal.
- marking gagesplural of marking gage: tool used in woodworking and metalworking to scribe a line parallel to a reference edge or surface.
- McLeod gagesplural of McLeod gage: a device, rather like a manometer, used to measure low pressures close to that of a vacuum, by using an application of Boyle's law
- rain gagesplural of rain gage: A device used in meteorology to measure rainfall.
- tire gagesplural of tire gage: A device used to measure the pressure of vehicle tires.
- wedge gagesplural of wedge gage: A precision tool consisting of a wedge-shaped block with a graduated edge, used to measure the width or dimensions of narrow spaces, gaps or slots.
- Pirani gagesplural of Pirani gage: A robust thermal conductivity gauge used for the measurement of the pressures in vacuum systems.
Compound words 13
- mortgagesplural of mortgage: A legal agreement in which a borrower pledges real property as collateral for a loan used to purchase or refinance that property.
- baggagesplural of baggage: Portable cases, large bags, and similar equipment for manually carrying, pushing, or pulling personal items while traveling
- burgagesplural of burgage: A medieval tenure in socage under which property in England and Scotland was held under the king or a lord of a town, and was maintained for a yearly rent or for rendering an inferior service (not knight's service) such …
- cloggagesplural of cloggage: The condition of being clogged.
- foggagesplural of foggage: Dead or decaying grass remaining on land through the (autumn and) winter.
- goldengagesplural of goldengage: A large yellow plum related to the greengage.
- greengagesplural of greengage: A plum cultivar with greenish-yellow flesh and skin, Prunus domestica subsp. italica var. claudiana.
- longagesplural of longage: The opposite of a shortage; an excessive amount.
- misgagesthird-person singular simple present indicative of misgage: To gauge (measure) incorrectly
- pregagesthird-person singular simple present indicative of pregage: To preengage.