maceration
/mæsəˈɹeɪʃən/
maceration noun: soaking and softening (in combination), plus or minus dissolving.
Noun
maceration (countable and uncountable, plural macerations)
- Soaking and softening (in combination), plus or minus dissolving.
- Communition, dissolving, or any combination thereof.
- […] proposed that the small size of the teeth […] implied that most of the maceration of the food occurred after swallowing.2001, Ralph E. Molnar, H. Trevor Clifford, “An Ankylosaurian Cololite from the Lower Cretaceous of Queensland, Australia”, in Kenneth Carpenter, editor, The Armored Dinosaurs, page 404
maceration meaning in Tamil
maceration in Tamil
- திசு மெலிவுறல், தோல் பொசபொசப்பு, தோல் மென்மையுறல், தோல் மெலிவு
Forms of maceration
| plural | macerations |
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Origin of maceration
Latin mācerātiō.
Words formed from maceration
Words that rhyme with maceration
- station
- collation
- accommodation
- presentation
- derivation
- information
- modulation
- translation
- application
- fixation
- generation
- orientation
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- citation
- combination
- communication
- conjugation
- constellation
- determination
- elevation
- operation
- relation
- reservation
- alternation
- condensation
- conversation
- deviation
- excavation
- foliation
- formation
- foundation
- incarnation
- interpretation
- representation
- retardation
- speculation
- termination
- abbreviation
- adaptation
- articulation
- bifurcation
- concentration
- congregation
- declination
- degradation
- expectation
- extenuation
- gradation
- observation
- population
- preparation
- reconciliation
- rotation
- separation
- situation
- vexation
- vindication
- accumulation
- administration
- aggregation
- appropriation
Questions about maceration
- What does maceration mean?
- Maceration means soaking and softening (in combination), plus or minus dissolving.
- What is maceration in Tamil?
- Maceration in Tamil is திசு மெலிவுறல், தோல் பொசபொசப்பு, தோல் மென்மையுறல். See Maceration meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is maceration?
- Maceration is a noun.
- How do you pronounce maceration?
- Maceration is pronounced /mæsəˈɹeɪʃən/.
- What is the plural of maceration?
- The plural of maceration is macerations.
Words near maceration in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: maceration (page history and authors); maceration (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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