Noun: maceration ,ma-su'rey-shun
- Softening due to soaking or steeping
"The chef used maceration to soften the dried fruits for the dessert"
- [archaic] Extreme leanness (usually caused by starvation or disease)
"The refugee's maceration revealed months of malnutrition";
- bonyness, boniness, emaciation, gauntness
Derived forms: macerations
Type of: leanness, softening, spareness, thinness
Encyclopedia: Maceration