maceration

Example Sentences

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The "maceration" of the sewage that was being pumped out along the outfall pipe was, they said, not treatment, and it would be washed back in to Scarborough's bays.

From BBC • Feb. 14, 2022

Juice from the white grapes macerates with the skins as with red wines, absorbing tannins and pigment depending on the length of the maceration.

From New York Times • Jan. 20, 2022

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

The deep surface of the epidermis is accurately molded on the papillary layer of the true skin, and, when removed by maceration, presents depressions which correspond to the elevations on the dermis.

From Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry