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n. - The amount that a container (as a wine bottle or tank) lacks of being full.

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  • NASA said the word "ullage" comes from the French term "ouillage," used in winemaking to describe the space between wine and the top of a storage container.
  • The word "ullage" is taken from the French term "ouillage," which is used in winemaking to describe the space between wine and the top of a storage container, such as a...
  • “The ullage of the pedagogical recitation was this: no shibboleths in soliloquies.”
  • Where the wax seal had broken there would be significant ullage and often spoiled product.
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