leachate

[ lee-cheyt ]
/ ˈli tʃeɪt /

noun

a solution resulting from leaching, as of soluble constituents from soil, landfill, etc., by downward percolating ground water: Leachates in the town's water supply have been traced to a chemical-waste dump.

Origin of leachate

First recorded in 1930–35; leach1 + -ate2

Words nearby leachate

le vau, lea, lea-rig, lea., leach, leachate, leaching, leachy, leacock, lead, lead a chase

British Dictionary definitions for leachate

leachate
/ (ˈliːtʃeɪt) /

noun

water that carries salts dissolved out of materials through which it has percolated, esp polluted water from a refuse tip