Associations to the word «Outage»

Wiktionary

OUTAGE, noun. A temporary suspension of operation, especially of electrical power supply.
OUTAGE, noun. The amount of something lost in storage or transportation.

Dictionary definition

OUTAGE, noun. The amount of something (as whiskey or oil) lost in storage or transportation.
OUTAGE, noun. A temporary suspension of operation (as of computers); "there will be a network outage from 8 to 10 a.m.".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats