noun
Meaning 1
The process by which something is leached.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
leaching
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/ˈliːt͡ʃɪŋ/
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rhymes with -iːtʃɪŋ
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CMU ARPABET: L IY1 CH IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
Liquid that leaches.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- 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.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
present participle and gerund of leach
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
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noun
Meaning 4
the process of leaching
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: leach
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: natural process, natural action, action, activity
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
10 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Galician: lixivación — process by which something is leached
- German: Auslaugen — process by which something is leached
- German: Auslaugung — process by which something is leached
- German: Auswaschen — process by which something is leached
- German: Auswaschung — process by which something is leached
- German: Ausmergeln — process by which something is leached
- German: Ausmergelung — process by which something is leached
- German: Laugen — process by which something is leached
- German: Ablaugen — process by which something is leached
- Spanish: lixiviación — process by which something is leached