lixiviated
/lɪkˈsɪviˌeɪtɪd/
adjective
- Describes a substance from which soluble parts have been removed by washing or percolation.
- The lixiviated soil was no longer fertile for farming.
- The lixiviated sample showed a significant loss of potassium.
- They tested the lixiviated ash to see what minerals remained.
verb
- Past tense of lixiviate: separated a soluble substance from a solid by washing or percolating with a liquid, especially water.
- In the old process, workers lixiviated the ore to extract the valuable minerals.
- The chemist lixiviated the salt from the ash using hot water.
- The gardener lixiviated the nutrients from the compost by pouring water through it.
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