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🌧️ Washing process 💧 To wash out
leach

leach

154 7.7
The washing away of dissolved material from soil or other material by water
  • noun
  • /liːtʃ/
  • Specialized
translation icon : lixiviación
  • In some instances, standard septic tanks and leach field systems are appropriate.
  • leach field
  • leach trench

Examples

  • The gypsum contains sulphur that helps the sodium leach out of the soil.

    Academic text (1999)

  • Soil disposal systems (leach trenches) are quite similar between the UK and US, with some minor exceptions.

    Academic text (1995)

  • Of this number, approximately 70 percent are a combination of a septic tank and leach field.

    Academic text (2002)

  • The brackish water lens under the island is contaminated from septic tank leach fields, making nitrate removal essential.

    Academic text (2003)

  • The farmer set up a system to prevent contaminants from entering the leach field.

  • Rainwater can flow through the leach field and help filter out pollutants.

  • Proper maintenance of the leach field is essential for effective waste management.

Synonyms

leaching
vsleach
  • Specialized
1 7.1

Water washes substances out of soil or rock as it moves through

is the same meaning but used as the verb or base form

How Extensive

contamination
  • Specialized
76 4.8
washout
  • Specialized
3 6.7
leach
  • Specialized
154 7.7
seepage
7 5.7
percolation
  • Specialized
6.4

Surface Forms

leach singular
leaches plural

Etymology

Leach as a noun names the 'washing out' process when water moves through a material and takes away dissolved substances. That's why people talk about the leach of minerals or chemicals from soil after heavy rain.