leaching

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈliːt͡ʃɪŋ/
  • Rhymes: -iːtʃɪŋ

Verb

leaching

  1. present participle and gerund of leach

Noun

leaching (plural leachings)

  1. The process by which something is leached.
    • 2012, Brian Morse, Cold Regions Engineering 2012:
      The leachings were performed in a controlled atmosphere chamber in four different steps […]
  2. Liquid that leaches.
    • (Can we date this quote by Popular Science and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
      One set of plants was watered with distilled water, while to the other set was added in addition small amounts of leachings, containing only a trace of nitrogen, from a cultivated field.

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