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- Dictionarydistilled/dɪˈstɪld/
adjective
- 1. (of a liquid) having been purified by undergoing heating and condensation: "distilled water"
- 2. (of spirits or an essence) produced by distilling: "the distilled whisky is filtered through 10 feet of charcoal"
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To distill something said or written is to reduce it but keep the most important part: She distilled the report into a paragraph.
a. : to purify or transform (a liquid) by successive evaporation and condensation : to subject to or transform by distillation. distill molasses into rum. b. : to obtain by or as if by distillation. distill whiskey. able to distill humor from personal loss. c. : to extract the essence of : concentrate. distill the experience into a poem.
to make a liquid stronger or purer by heating it until it changes to a gas and then cooling it so that it changes back into a liquid: Some strong alcoholic drinks such as whiskey are made by distilling. Spirits & distilling. absinthe. amaretto. applejack. benedictine. bitter. cordial. creme. crème de menthe. curaçao. distillation. liqueur.
1. To subject (a substance) to distillation. 2. To separate (a distillate) by distillation. 3. To increase the concentration of, separate, or purify by or as if by distillation. 4. To separate or extract the essential elements of: distill the crucial points of the book. 5. To exude or give off (matter) in drops or small quantities. v.intr. 1.
Distilled definition: obtained or produced by distillation.. See examples of DISTILLED used in a sentence.
distill. If a liquid such as whiskey or water is distilled, it is heated until it changes into steam or vapor and then cooled until it becomes liquid again. This is usually done in order to make it pure. The whiskey had been distilled in 1926 and sat quietly maturing until 1987.
to make a liquid stronger or purer by heating it until it changes to a gas and then cooling it so that it changes back into a liquid: Some strong alcoholic drinks such as whisky are made by distilling. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Spirits & distilling. absinthe. amaretto. applejack. benedictine. bitter. cordial. creme.
verb (used with object) , dis·tilled, dis·til·ling. to subject to a process of vaporization and subsequent condensation, as for purification or concentration. to extract the volatile components of by distillation; transform by distillation.
When you distill something, you are boiling it down to its essence — its most important part. Whether it's alcohol or ideas, the distilled part is the most powerful.
distill meaning, definition, what is distill: to make a liquid such as water or alcoho...: Learn more.
