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Meaning of Leach | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
liːt͡ʃ

Definitions

  1. A quantity of wood ashes, through which water passes, and thus imbibes the alkali.
  2. A surname from Old English.
  3. A tub or vat for leaching ashes, bark, etc.
  4. A census-designated place in Delaware County, Oklahoma, United States.
  5. Alternative spelling of leech.
    alt-of, alternative
  6. An unincorporated community in Carroll County, Tennessee, United States.
  7. A jelly-like sweetmeat popular in the fifteenth century.
  8. A river in Gloucestershire, with a short stretch in Oxfordshire, England, which joins the Thames at Lechlade; in full, the River Leach.

Equivalents

العربية الترشيح
Български луга
Čeština vyplavovat
Español lixiviar
Italiano drenare filtrare percolare purgare
Português lixiviar
Русский вымывать
Svenska laka ur vattna ur

Examples

“"This is the leach," said Kitty, pointing to a large, yellowish, upright wooden cylinder, which rested on some slanting boards, down the surface of which ran a brownish liquid that dripped into a trough.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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