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lixiviate.

To separate (a substance) into soluble and insoluble components through percolation; to leach.

9 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/lɪkˈsɪvieɪt/
  1. To separate (a substance) into soluble and insoluble components through percolation; to leach.

Where this word comes from

Borrowed from a Medieval Latin lixīvio, lixīviātus, or formed from the root of lixīvium, lixīvia, from lixīvius (“made into lye”), from lixa (“water, lye, ashes”).

adj/lɪkˈsɪvieɪt/
  1. Of or relating to lye or lixivium; of the quality of alkaline salts.

  2. Impregnated with salts from wood ashes.

Where this word comes from

Borrowed from a Medieval Latin lixīvio, lixīviātus, or formed from the root of lixīvium, lixīvia, from lixīvius (“made into lye”), from lixa (“water, lye, ashes”).

noun/lɪkˈsɪvieɪt/
  1. leachate

Where this word comes from

Borrowed from a Medieval Latin lixīvio, lixīviātus, or formed from the root of lixīvium, lixīvia, from lixīvius (“made into lye”), from lixa (“water, lye, ashes”).

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