MACERATION

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Extreme leanness (usually caused by starvation or disease)

Synonyms:

boniness; bonyness; emaciation; gauntness; maceration

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("maceration" is a kind of...):

leanness; spareness; thinness (the property of having little body fat)

Derivation:

macerate (cause to grow thin or weak)

Meaning:

Softening due to soaking or steeping

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Hypernyms ("maceration" is a kind of...):

softening (the process of becoming softer)

Derivation:

macerate (soften, usually by steeping in liquid, and cause to disintegrate as a result)