leachate

[ lee-cheyt ]

noun
  1. a solution resulting from leaching, as of soluble constituents from soil, landfill, etc., by downward percolating groundwater: Leachates in the town's water supply have been traced to a chemical-waste dump.

Origin of leachate

1
First recorded in 1930–35; leach1 + -ate2

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leachate

/ (ˈliːtʃeɪt) /


noun
  1. water that carries salts dissolved out of materials through which it has percolated, esp polluted water from a refuse tip

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