Search Result for "outage": 
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. the amount of something (as whiskey or oil) lost in storage or transportation;

2. a temporary suspension of operation (as of computers);
- Example: "there will be a network outage from 8 to 10 a.m."


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

outage n 1: the amount of something (as whiskey or oil) lost in storage or transportation 2: a temporary suspension of operation (as of computers); "there will be a network outage from 8 to 10 a.m."
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

19 Moby Thesaurus words for "outage": arrearage, break, defalcation, defect, deficiency, deficit, discontinuity, gap, hiatus, interval, lack, lacuna, missing link, need, omission, shortage, ullage, want, wantage