Words Like DISTILLATION

We have put together a list of words that are similar to DISTILLATION.

5 Alternative Words Similar to distillation

1 Distillment Noun      Synonym Words Like Distillment
2 Distillate Noun      Synonym Words Like Distillate
3 Action Noun      Synonym Words Like Action
4 Activity Noun      Synonym Words Like Activity
5 Liquid Noun      Synonym Words Like Liquid

9 definitions of distillation

1 The act of distilling, or of falling in drops; a producing or shedding in drops.
2 The volatilization and subsequent condensation of a liquid by means of an alembic, a still and refrigeratory, or a retort and receiver; the operation of obtaining the spirit, essence, or essential oil of a substance by the evaporation and condensation of the liquid in which it has been macerated; rectification; in the widest sense, the whole process of extracting the essential principle of a substance.
3 The substance extracted by distilling.
4 That which falls in drops, as in nasal catarrh.
5 The act of falling in drops, or the act of pouring out in drops.
6 That which falls in drops.
7 The separation of the volatile parts of a substance from the more fixed; specifically, the operation of driving off gas or vapor from volatile liquids or solids, by heat in a retort or still, and the condensation of the products as far as possible by a cool receiver, alembic, or condenser; rectification; vaporization; condensation; as, the distillation of illuminating gas and coal, of alcohol from sour mash, or of boric acid in steam.
8 the process of purifying a liquid by boiling it and condensing its vapors
9 a purified liquid produced by condensation from a vapor during distilling; the product of distilling
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