leaching

Etymology

verb

  1. present participle and gerund of leach

noun

  1. The process by which something is leached.
    The leachings were performed in a controlled atmosphere chamber in four different steps […] 2012, Brian Morse, Cold Regions Engineering 2012
  2. Liquid that leaches.
    Popular Science 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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