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leachy

leachy adjective: permitting liquids to pass by percolation; not capable of retaining water; porous.

Adjective

leachy (comparative more leachy, superlative most leachy)

  1. Permitting liquids to pass by percolation; not capable of retaining water; porous.
    • Gravelly and sandy soils may be leachy.

Forms of leachy

comparativemore leachy
superlativemost leachy
alternative formleechy

Origin of leachy

From leach + -y.

Words formed from leachy

  • leachiness

Questions about leachy

What does leachy mean?
Leachy means permitting liquids to pass by percolation; not capable of retaining water; porous.
What part of speech is leachy?
Leachy is an adjective.

Words near leachy in the dictionary

  1. Leachmans
  2. leachour
  3. leachours
  4. leachtub
  5. leachtubs
  6. leachy
  7. Leacock
  8. Leacockian
  9. Leacocks
  10. lead
  11. lead acetate

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