distillatenoun [ C ]
uk/ˈdɪs.tɪ.lət/us/ˈdɪs.tə.leɪt/specializeda substance that is formed by distilling a liquid
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Becoming and making stronger
- aggrandize
- boil
- boil up
- bolster
- cement
- concentrate
- concentrated
- dial
- fuel
- gel
- harden
- jell
- power (sth) up
- reignite
- reinvigorate
- take hold idiom
- that'll put hairs on your chest! idiom
- tighten
- tighten sth up
- toughen
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Examples from literature
- A number of special devices for vaporizing kerosene and the lighter distillates have been tried and used with some success.
- Collect the distillate, mix with chloride of calcium or anhydrous sulphate of copper, and again distil.
- Distillates or fuel oils and the crude oils are much the cheapest of the liquid fuels, and if used efficiently in internal-combustion engines would be by far the cheapest fuels available in many large districts.
- The distillate is diluted with water, run off from any oily impurities which are separated, and re-distilled once or twice after treatment with quicklime.
- The distillate of water and oil is warmed, and will separate into two layers, the upper one of which is oil, and the lower water.
- The second distillate will show little, if any, ammonia in ordinary cases.