Maceration

Noun CEFR B2

mæsəˈɹeɪʃən

Definitions

The act or process of macerating.

countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Españolmaceración

Françaismacération

DeutschAufweichung

6 more languages

العربيةذبول

Suomimaseraatio maserointi vettymä

Italianomaceramento

Latinamaceratio

Polskimaceracja

Türkçemaserasyon

Examples

“[…] proposed that the small size of the teeth […] implied that most of the maceration of the food occurred after swallowing.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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See also

macerator macerozyme Maces MacEvitt Macewen Macey

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