lixiviate

Meaning

Verb

To separate (a substance) into soluble and insoluble components through percolation; to leach.

Adj

1. Of or relating to lye or lixivium; of the quality of alkaline salts.
2. Impregnated with salts from wood ashes.

Noun

leachate

Synonyms

leach

lixiviation

steep

Pronounced as (IPA)

/lɪkˈsɪvieɪt/

Etymology

Borrowed from a Medieval Latin lixīvio, lixīviātus, or formed from the root of lixīvium, lixīvia, from lixīvius (“made into lye”), from lixa (“water, lye, ashes”).