leaching

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of leach

noun

1. The process by which something is leached.

   “The leachings were performed in a controlled atmosphere chamber in four different steps […]”

2. Liquid that leaches.

   “One set of plants was watered with distilled water, while to the other set was added in addition small amounts of leachings, containing only a trace of nitrogen, from a cultivated field.”