maceration
Example Sentences
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The residues are sorted, ground and mixed with a maceration of gum arabic to facilitate ignition, and with clay to slow combustion.
From Barron's ● Apr. 24, 2026
The "maceration" of the sewage that was being pumped out along the outfall pipe was, they said, not treatment, and it would be washed back in to Scarborough's bays.
From BBC ● Feb. 14, 2022
People throw around phrases like "carbonic maceration" and "Ella, that's not a sample."
From Salon ● Jan. 23, 2022
They leach into the wine during pressing, maceration and fermentation of the juice.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 16, 2021
In old membranes the cells are destroyed by granular degeneration and general maceration.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
