- Leachy
- Leachy Leach"y, a. Permitting liquids to pass by percolation; not capable of retaining water; porous; pervious; -- said of gravelly or sandy soils, and the like. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
Leachy
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leachy — ☆ leachy [lē′chē ] adj. [ LEACH1 + Y2] porous, as soil … English World dictionary
leachy — ˈlēchē adjective ( er/ est) Etymology: leach (III) + y : permitting liquids to pass by percolation : not capable of retaining water : porous, pervious a leachy soil … Useful english dictionary
leachy — /lee chee/, adj., leachier, leachiest. allowing water to percolate through, as sandy or rocky soil; porous. [1840 50, Amer.; LEACH1 + Y1] * * * … Universalium
leachy — /ˈlitʃi/ (say leechee) adjective → porous …
Letchy — Letch y ( [y^]), a. See {Leachy}. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
porous — Synonyms and related words: cribriform, excretory, exudative, leachy, leaky, oozy, penetrable, percolating, percolative, permeable, pervious, porose, runny, sievelike, spongelike, spongy, transudative, weepy … Moby Thesaurus
spongy — Synonyms and related words: absorbent, adsorbent, assimilative, baccate, bibulous, blotting, chemisorptive, chemosorptive, cribriform, digestive, doughy, edematous, endosmotic, exosmotic, flabby, fleshy, imbibitory, leachy, macerated, masticated … Moby Thesaurus
