leachability


leach

L0083600 (lēch)v. leached, leach·ing, leach·es v.tr.1. To remove soluble or other constituents from by the action of a percolating liquid: heavy rains that leached the soil of minerals.2. To remove from a substance by the action of a percolating liquid: acids in groundwater that leach calcium out of the bedrock.3. To empty; drain: "a world leached of pleasure, voided of meaning" (Marilynne Robinson).v.intr. To be dissolved or passed out by a percolating liquid.n.1. The act or process of leaching.2. A porous, perforated, or sievelike vessel that holds material to be leached.3. The substance through which a liquid is leached.
[From Middle English leche, leachate, from Old English *lece, muddy stream; akin to leccan, to moisten.]
leach′a·bil′i·ty n.leach′a·ble adj.leach′er n.

leachability

(ˌliːtʃəˈbɪlɪtɪ) nthe state of being leachable