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LEACHING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does leaching mean?
• LEACHING (noun)
The noun LEACHING has 1 sense:
1. the process of leaching
Familiarity information: LEACHING used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The process of leaching
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Synonyms:
leach; leaching
Hypernyms ("leaching" is a kind of...):
action; activity; natural action; natural process (a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings))
Context examples
Increased copper in the water can be a result of agricultural runoff or marine paint leaching from boat hulls.
(Sea fan corals face new threat in warming ocean: copper, National Science Foundation)
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