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noun (leaches)
- A quantity of wood ashes, through which water passes, and thus imbibes the alkali.
- A tub or vat for leaching ashes, bark, etc.
verb (leaches, leaching, leached, leached)
- (transitive) To purge a soluble matter out of something by the action of a percolate, percolating fluid.
- Heavy rainfall can out minerals important for plant growth from the soil.
- The mercury in dental amalgams can out from the fillings into the body.
Translations: - German: auswaschen
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