PERCOLATION as NOUN

  1. Meaning
    • the filtration of a liquid for extraction or purification
    Hypernyms(s) percolation is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Derived(s)
  2. Meaning
    • the act of making coffee in a percolator
    Hypernyms(s) percolation is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Derived(s)
  3. Meaning
    • the slow passage of a liquid through a filtering medium
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • the percolation of rainwater through the soil
    • the infiltration of seawater through the lava
    Hypernyms(s) percolation is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Derived(s)