maceration

Example Sentences

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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

The Topuridze wine from Georgia saw six months of maceration, and the Ageno around four months.

From New York Times • May 7, 2020

This and other species yield various important products, the chief being the fibre obtained by maceration from the leaves and roots, and known commercially as American aloe, pita flax, or vegetable silk.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 A to Amide by Various