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DECANTATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of gently pouring off a clear liquor (as from its original bottle) without disturbing the lees
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("decantation" is a kind of...):
transfusion (the action of pouring a liquid from one vessel to another)
Derivation:
decant (pour out)
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