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maceration

[ mas-uh-rey-shuhn ]
/ ˌmæs əˈreɪ ʃən /
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noun
the act or process of macerating.
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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Origin of maceration

1485–95; <Latin mācerātiōn-, stem of mācerātiō;see macerate, -ion

OTHER WORDS FROM maceration

self-mac·er·a·tion, noun
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