maceration

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The residues are sorted, ground and mixed with a maceration of gum arabic to facilitate ignition, and with clay to slow combustion.

From Barron's • Apr. 24, 2026

It’s a culinary technique — a savory maceration, where the tomatoes release their juices, mingling with basil and salt, becoming something electric.

From Salon • Jun. 9, 2025

A brief maceration coaxes out the fruit’s sweet-tart juices, which mix with the olive oil to create the dressing.

From New York Times • Jul. 16, 2022

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

It is lined by an extremely thin pouch of cuticle, which, when withdrawn, after maceration, preserves the form of the canal.

From A Treatise on Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene (Revised Edition) by Cutter, Calvin