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Word entry · 8 letters

steeping

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"Soaking tea leaves"

8 letters · collected on this word page

8 lettersSorted eeginpstStarts with SEnds with G1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. soaking something in liquid to extract flavor or soften it.

Word origin

From the name of Stephen de Fulbourn, who served as bishop of Waterford, archbishop of Tuam, and treasurer and justiciar of Ireland in the 1270s and 1280s.

Used in a sentence

  • It is usual to expect, that the first two or three wettings or steepings of grain, at the commencement of the malting season, will not make so good malt as succeeding steepings […]

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