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distiller

distiller

6 5.3
A maker that uses heating and cooling to make alcoholic drinks or liquids pure
  • noun
  • /dɪˈstɪlər/
translation icon : destilador
  • After years of experimentation, the distiller finally perfected her unique recipe for gin.
  • distillers' grains
  • corn and distillers'

Examples

  • The distiller himself was crouched over the fire, poking errant bits of charcoal back into the grate.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • The skilled distiller carefully monitored the process to ensure the whiskey was of high quality.

  • But she was a very talented distiller of alcohol.

  • Today, there are only about 300 craft distillers around the country.

    Blog text (23)
  • I have exclusive deals with four distillers in Scotland and ships under contract to bring ten thousand cases a month onto the Jersey coast.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • Even as recently as a decade ago, the culture for a craft distiller to succeed here didn't really exist.

    Blog text (23)
  • New Columbia Distillers will begin production of gin and rye whiskey this month.

    Blog text (23)
  • Every summer, the distiller produces a new line of flavored spirits that are highly sought after.

Compounds

A person who secretly makes illegal alcohol

How Legal

distiller
6 5.3
home brew
1 3.9
bootlegger
  • US
11 8.6

Surface Forms

distiller singular
distillers plural

Morphology

distiller = distill (transparent) = distill + er

Standard agent nominalization: 'distill' + '-er' yields a person, machine, or company that performs distillation, so the meaning is directly derived from the base.

Etymology

Distiller comes from the Latin distillare, which means 'to drip' and gave us the English verb distill; imagine drops falling and being collected. So a distiller is someone or something that makes drinks or cleans liquids by collecting those drops.