LEACHING
- (of a soluble chemical or mineral) Drain away from soil, ash, etc., in this way
- Subject (soil, ash, etc.) to this process
- LEACH, to subject to the filtering action of a liquid [v]
- Make (a soluble chemical or mineral) drain away from soil, ash, or similar material by the action of percolating liquid, esp. rainwater
- the act of leaching [n -S]