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What (who) is MACERATE - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Macerate; Maceration (disambiguation)
macerate
(macerates, macerating, macerated)
If you macerate food, or if it macerates, you soak it in a liquid for a period of time so that it absorbs the liquid.
I like to macerate the food in liqueur for a few minutes before serving...
Cognac is also used to macerate and flavour ingredients and casseroles...
Seal tightly then leave for four to five days to macerate.
= marinate
VERB: V n in n, V n, V
macerate
v. a.
1.
Make lean, wear away.
2.
Harass, mortify, subject to hardships, torture.
3.
Soften (by steeping), steep, soak, digest.
macerate
['mas?re?t]
¦ verb
1. soften or break up (food) by soaking in a liquid.
2. archaic cause to grow thinner or waste away.
Derivatives
maceration noun
macerator noun
Origin
C16 (earlier (C15) as maceration): from L. macerat-, macerare 'make soft, soak'.
Wikipedia
Maceration
Maceration may refer to:
- Maceration (food), in food preparation
- Maceration (wine), a step in wine-making
- Carbonic maceration, a wine-making technique
- Maceration (sewage), in sewage treatment
- Maceration (bone), a method of preparing bones
- Acid maceration, the use of an acid to extract micro-fossils from rock
- Maceration, in chemistry, the preparation of an extract by solvent extraction
- Maceration, in biology, the mechanical breakdown of ingested food into chyme
- Skin maceration, in dermatology, the softening and whitening of skin that is kept constantly wet
- Maceration, in poultry farming, a method of chick culling
