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maceration

[mas-uh-rey-shuhn]

noun

  1. the act or process of macerating.

  2. a process in winemaking in which the crushed grape skins are left in the juice until they have imparted the desired color or the proper amount of tannins and aroma.



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Other Word Forms

  • self-maceration noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of maceration1

1485–95; < Latin 峦پō-, stem of 峦پō; macerate, -ion
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It’s a culinary technique — a savory maceration, where the tomatoes release their juices, mingling with basil and salt, becoming something electric.

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A brief maceration coaxes out the fruit’s sweet-tart juices, which mix with the olive oil to create the dressing.

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The "maceration" of the sewage that was being pumped out along the outfall pipe was, they said, not treatment, and it would be washed back in to Scarborough's bays.

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Juice from the white grapes macerates with the skins as with red wines, absorbing tannins and pigment depending on the length of the maceration.

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His 2018 Pinot Gris Carbonic Maceration marks a clear-cut example of one of the few times it's worthwhile to say "carbonic maceration" in front of a stranger.

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