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maceration

[ mas-uh-rey-shuhn ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

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.

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

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