maceration

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He described how there was a reddening of the skin around Noah's forehead as well as "extensive maceration and peeling" of his hands and feet.

From BBC • Mar. 10, 2026

They are typically bottled and consumed in their youth, rarely ever aged in oak, and have a shorter maceration period with the red grape skins resulting in a lighter color.

From Salon • Aug. 7, 2021

They leach into the wine during pressing, maceration and fermentation of the juice.

From Washington Post • Jul. 16, 2021

If you allow the juice to instead macerate with the skins, as you would a red, it picks up an amber tinge and some tannins, depending on how long the maceration lasts.

From New York Times • Nov. 5, 2020

Dopplerite, dop′ler-īt, n. a substance derived from the maceration of peat.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various