to distill

Examples

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• That's why we're distilling at very low temperatures.

• Mr. Mirkin also has a knack for elegantly distilling complex scientific concepts to their core meanings.

  Blog text (1)

• You can, in America, distill nothing at home, not one single drop.

• - I distill it myself down here.

  Cypher (2002)

• Let's cut through all of the claptrap and distill American foreign policy down to its essence.

  Blog text (18)

• In the eastern Oaxaca Valley, many local residents distill the juice to make a less-refined alcoholic beverage, mescal.

  Academic text (2002)

• The distillery uses traditional methods to distill whiskey from pure grains.

• After boiling the mixture, the chemist was able to distill the essential oils into a clear liquid.

• They plan to distill the fermented fruit juice to create a stronger beverage.

Synonyms

E

to extract

vsto distill

• Specialized

67 4.1

To get a substance from a plant or material by a special process

does this by heating to make vapor and then cooling to gather liquid

P

to purify

vsto distill

28 4.6

To remove dirt and bad chemicals from water or air to make them clean

uses heating to make vapor then cool to collect the liquid

R

to refine

vsto distill

• Specialized

14 3.9

Remove unwanted parts from a material to make it pure

does so by heating to vapor then cooling to collect liquid

How Pure

to distill

• Specialized

38 5.2

to refine

• Specialized

14 3.9

to purify

28 4.6

to clean

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

Etymology