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leaching

leaching ‎(plural leachings)

The process by which something is leached.
- 2012, Brian Morse, Cold Regions Engineering 2012
  The leachings were performed in a controlled atmosphere chamber in four different steps […]
Liquid that leaches.
- Popular Science
  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.