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Meaning of "leachate" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF LEACHATE

leachate  [ˈliːtʃeɪt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LEACHATE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Leachate is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES LEACHATE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

leachate

Leachate

Leachate is any liquid that in passing through matter, extracts solutes, suspended solids or any other component of the material through which it has passed. Leachate is a widely used term in the environmental sciences where it has the specific meaning of a liquid that has dissolved or entrained environmentally harmful substances which may then enter the environment. It is most commonly used in the context of land-filling of putrescible or industrial waste. In the narrow environmental context leachate is therefore any liquid material that drains from land or stockpiled material and contains significantly elevated concentrations of undesirable material derived from the material that it has passed through.

Definition of leachate in the English dictionary

The definition of leachate in the dictionary is water that carries salts dissolved out of materials through which it has percolated, esp polluted water from a refuse tip.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH LEACHATE


affiliate
əˈfɪlɪˌeɪt
appreciate
əˈpriːʃɪˌeɪt
associate
əˈsəʊʃɪˌeɪt
conchate
ˈkɒntʃeɪt
create
kriːˈeɪt
date
deɪt
debate
dɪˈbeɪt
donate
dəʊˈneɪt
eight
eɪt
estate
ɪˈsteɪt
estimate
ˈɛstɪˌmeɪt
gate
ɡeɪt
generate
ˈdʒɛnəˌreɪt
great
ɡreɪt
hate
heɪt
Kate
keɪt
Kuwait
kʊˈweɪt
late
leɪt
mate
meɪt
out-of-state
ˈaʊtəvˌsteɪt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LEACHATE

lea
lea-rig
leach
leachability
leachable
leacher
leachy
Leacock
lead
lead a person up the garden path
lead acetate
lead arsenate
lead astray
lead balloon
lead by the nose
lead chromate
lead colic
lead crystal
lead glass
lead line

WORDS THAT END LIKE LEACHATE

adenosine monophosphate
aluminium sulphate
calcium phosphate
caliphate
dendrachate
eparchate
exarchate
ferrous sulphate
iron (II) sulphate
matriarchate
moschate
patriarchate
pet hate
phosphate
self-hate
sodium phosphate
sulphate
tetrarchate
thiosulphate
triphosphate

Synonyms and antonyms of leachate in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «leachate» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LEACHATE

Find out the translation of leachate to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
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Translator English - Chinese

渗滤液
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

lixiviados
570 millions of speakers

English

leachate
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

leachate
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

العصارة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

фильтрата
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

lixiviado
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

leachate
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

lixiviat
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Leachate
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Sickerwasser
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

浸出液
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

침출수
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Leachate
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nước thải
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

leachate
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

लेचेट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

sızıntı suyu
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

percolato
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

odciek
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

фільтрату
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

levigat
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

στραγγισμάτων
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

gevaarlike
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

lakvatten
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

sigevann
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of leachate

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LEACHATE»

The term «leachate» is regularly used and occupies the 96.486 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LEACHATE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about leachate

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LEACHATE»

Discover the use of leachate in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to leachate and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Sanitary Landfill Leachate: Generation, Control and Treatment
This book contains a literature review of various methodologies that have been developed for prediction, generation, characterization, containment, control, and treatment of leachate from sanitary landfills.
Syed R. Qasim, Walter Chiang, 1994
2
Acute and Genetic Toxicity of Municipal Landfill Leachate
Evaluates the acute toxicity, genetic toxicity and chemical characteristics of landfill leachate and interprets the data to estimate the carcinogenic risk associated with municipal solid waste landfill leachate.
K. W. Brown, G. E. Schrab, K. C. Donnelly, 1991
3
Electricity Production from the Management of Municipal ...
Microbial fuel cells are a new technology that can be used for treating landfill leachate and simultaneously producing electricity.
Lisa Damiano, 2009
4
Waste Sites as Biological Reactors: Characterization and ...
Leachate BOD/COD Ratio as an Indicator of Biological Treatability The organic content of waste site leachate affects the degree of biological treatability. Leachates with higher BOD/COD ratios or higher organics contents should be more ...
Percival A. Miller, Nicholas L. Clesceri, 2002
5
Effects of Leachate Recirculation on Geotechnical Properties ...
Geotechnical properties of municipal solid waste (MSW) play an important role in the integrity and stability design of landfills.
Janardhanan Ganga Thulasi, 2008
6
Phytoremediation of Landfill Leachate Using Populus
During initial greenhouse research, poplar clones were irrigated during three cycles of phyto-recurrent selection to test whether genotypes responded differently to leachate and water, and to test whether the methodology had merit as a tool ...
Jill Annette Zalesny, 2007
7
Ash leachate can reduce surface erosion
Untreated plots had 56 percent more erosion than plots treated with ash leachate.
George J. Holcomb, Philip B. Durgin, Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Experiment Station (Berkeley, Calif.), 1979
8
Landfilling of Waste: Leachate
leachate. These procedures are expected to gain increasing practical attention in the future. Codisposal of hazardous wastein landfills is seenin some countries, based on experiences fromoldfashioned landfillsand dumps, as malpracticewhile  ...
T. H. Christensen, R. Cossu and R. Stegmann
9
Compilation of methodology for measuring pollution ...
m£ when analyzing leachate. A substantial dilution effect was also observed since the l:50 dilution resulted in a concentration of l3.5 mg/l in the undiluted leachate sample while the l:l00 dilution gave l7.5 mg/l. Evaluation of the digestion time ...
Edward S. K. Chian, Foppe B. DeWalle, United States. Environmental Protection Agency, 1975
10
Errors involved in the estimation of Leachate Pollution ...
An important part of maintaining a solid waste landfill is managing the leachate through proper treatment methods designed to prevent pollution into surrounding ground and surface waters.
Mahmud M. Minhaz, Islam M. Rafizul, Muhammed Alamgir, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LEACHATE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term leachate is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Landfill Drill Cuttings No Cause For Concern, West Virginia Finds
Research conducted for a legislatively mandated study in West Virginia has "found little concern" for the leachate associated with cuttings from ... «Natural Gas Intelligence, Jul 15»
2
Can rehabilitation of Mamut transcend survival politics?
The problem centres around acid mine drainage (AMD), the highly acidic, metal-contaminated leachate which is the most prominent pollutant ... «The Malaysian Insider, Jul 15»
3
Playground Hazards: Are Rubber Chips Toxic?
The Rubber Manufacturer's Association says the material is non-toxic, does not produce a leachate, doesn't rot or decay, and reduces dust. «WDIO-TV, Jul 15»
4
They didn't follow bidding rules: Belleville
Zwicks Park is built on an old landfill site, and leachate occasionally seeps into the ditch which runs beside Bay Bridge Road. The contract was ... «Quinte News, Jul 15»
5
Poplar proteomics: Trees from distant sites compared
When particular poplar clones have been grown in sites that had been treated with wastewater, landfill leachate or sewage sludge, they tended ... «separationsNOW.com, Jul 15»
6
Polluting farmer fined more than $125000
The charges, laid by Environment Southland, related to discharges of sewage, dairy shed effluent, silage leachate and molasses over several ... «Otago Daily Times, Jul 15»
7
Mobile Landfill Treatment Systems that Deliver Significant Cost …
Axium Process (UK), filtration specialists, have developed a customisable mobile treatment system for landfill leachate which is providing ... «Pollution Solutions, Jul 15»
8
Resident's contamination fears still linger
He requested council consider using those funds for the well and filter system “to protect us from leachate contamination.” While the agreement ... «Campbell River Mirror, Jul 15»
9
Shivri plant delay will leave city stinking in rains | Lucknow NYOOOZ
"There are three levels of treating garbage - pelletization of waste, granulation of plastic and leachate treatment. The second stage is ... «NYOOOZ, Jul 15»
10
Old landfill causing headaches for East Moline
Samples taken from surrounding fields show contaminated runoff from the landfill -- called leachate-- is mingling with groundwater, despite a ... «Quad-Cities Online, Jul 15»

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