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distillment

distillment

8.7
The most important part of something put into a short form
  • noun
  • /dɪˈstɪlmənt/
  • Archaic
translation icon : esencia
  • The documentary offers a distilment of decades of scientific research into a single hour.

Examples

  • His report was a careful distilment of the most relevant facts and figures.

  • The novel is a distilment of the author's personal experiences and observations.

  • The distillment of her ideas was evident in the final report.

  • Can you explain the distillments of this theory?

  • The film is a distillment of the director's vision, capturing the essence of the story.

  • Her speech was a distillment of the key points from weeks of research and discussions.

  • This summary serves as a distillment of the entire project, highlighting the main findings.

Synonyms

essence
vsdistillment
9 5.4

A concentrated liquid from a plant used for flavour or medicine

is the figurative pure part or concise summary rather than a raw extract
distillate
vsdistillment
  • Specialized
3 7.7

A clear liquid collected when a substance is boiled and the steam is cooled

is an abstract concentrated summary rather than the literal liquid product
distillation
vsdistillment
  • Specialized
1 5.3

A pure liquid collected by heating a solution and cooling its steam

is a general notion of the core idea not the physical collected liquid

Antonyms

impurity
19 5.1

A small unwanted substance in a material that can make it unsafe

dilution
  • Specialized
11 4.4

Making a liquid weaker by adding water or another liquid

How Essential

quintessence
  • Formal
3 9.5
distillment
  • Archaic
8.7
essence
441 4.8
summary
397 2.7
detail
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

distillment singular
distillments plural

Morphology

distillment = distill (semi-transparent) = distill + ment

The abstract, metaphorical sense ('the purest or most essential part') is derived by extension from the concrete process, so the morphological structure is clear but the semantic leap is figurative.

Etymology

Distillment also grew to mean the purest or most important part of something, like the 'essence' left after you take away the rest, because distilling collects the clean, strongest drops. So calling something a distillment is to say it is a concentrated summary or essence.