percolation
noun
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- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Sense 1 noun
the slow passage of a liquid through a filtering medium
the percolation of rainwater through the soil
Types & categories
- filtration hypernym
Related & opposite
- filter derivation
- percolate derivation
- percolate derivation
- infiltrate derivation
- infiltrate derivation
- percolate derivation
Sense 2 noun
the act of making coffee in a percolator
Types & categories
- cooking hypernym
Related & opposite
- percolate derivation
Sense 3 noun
the filtration of a liquid for extraction or purification
Types & categories
- filtration hypernym
Related & opposite
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | filter |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | percolate |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | percolate |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | infiltrate |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | infiltrate |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | percolate |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | filtration |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | percolate |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | cooking |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | percolate |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | percolate |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | filtration |