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How to pronounce distill in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms make pure, purify, sublimate
Type of improve, ameliorate, amend, meliorate, better
Has types refine, rectify, purge
Verb group distil
Derivation distillment, distillation, distillate
Type Words
Synonyms distil
Type of change
Verb group make pure, purify, distil, sublimate, extract
Derivation distillment, distillate, distillation, distillery
Type Words
Synonyms distil
Type of ooze, ooze out, exude, exudate, transude


The doctor distilled a few drops of disinfectant onto the wound.
Type Words
Synonyms distil, extract
Type of make, create
Has types moonshine
Verb group distil
Derivation distillery, distillation, distillate


distill the essence of this compound.
Type Words
Synonyms condense, distil
Type of liquify, flux, liquefy
Verb group condense
Derivation distillate


The acid distills at a specific temperature.

Examples of distill

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A team of more than 50 investigators worked to distill 265 tips from the public.
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Refineries designed to distill sour crudes cannot distill sweet and vice versa.
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The time limit requires users to really distill what they're trying to capture.
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Botanicals can be used to ferment, distill, mix and decorate alcoholic beverages.
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Septoes allow people to distill their wisdom into phrases of exactly seven words.
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Oil has no net energy gain and uses many times more water to distill than ethanol.
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So you need to distill complex concepts down to a small handful of talking points.
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He has a knack for the wry aside and a real ability to distill complex information.
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It really is a flat-out struggle and battle to distill it down to 10 minutes.
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  • Purify: remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation; "purify the water"
  • Undergo the process of distillation
  • Condense: undergo condensation; change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops; "water condenses"; "The acid distills at a specific temperature"
  • Give off (a liquid); "The doctor distilled a few drops of disinfectant onto the wound"
  • (distillation) distillate: a purified liquid produced by condensation from a vapor during distilling; the product of distilling
  • (distillment) distillation: the process of purifying a liquid by boiling it and condensing its vapors
  • Distillation is a method of separating mixtures based on differences in their volatilities in a boiling liquid mixture. Distillation is a unit operation, or a physical separation process, and not a chemical reaction.
  • (Distillation (album)) Distillation is the second album by musician Erin McKeown. It was released via Signature Sounds in 2000.
  • (Distilled (album)) Distilled is the fourth full-length album by American hard rock band, Brand New Sin. This is their first album with Kris Wiechmann assuming the lead vocal duties, and also their first independently-released album after leaving Century Media Records.