Macerate

Name:
Macerate
Detailed information:
To soften or break up a fibrous substance by long soaking in water at or near room temperature, often accompanied by mechanical action, as in the preparation of paper stock in the beater. In the plastics industry, to comminute a fabric so that it can be used as a filler in a plastics composition. The term is also used in pharmacy to describe a method of preparing medicinal compositions.