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Definitioner
Substantiv
- A quantity of wood ashes, through which water passes, and thus imbibes the alkali.
- A tub or vat for leaching ashes, bark, etc.
Verb
- (transitive) To purge a soluble matter out of something by the action of a percolating fluid.
- (intransitive) To part with soluble constituents by percolation.
Exempel
- "This is the leach," said Kitty, pointing to a large, yellowish, upright wooden cylinder, which rested on some slanting boards, down the surface of which ran a brownish liquid that dripped into a trough.
- Heavy rainfall can leach out minerals important for plant growth from the soil.
- [T]he very wet winter will have washed much of the goodness out of the soil. Homemade compost and the load of manure we get from a friendly farmer may not be enough to compensate for what has leached from the ground.
Böjningsformer