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Meaning of distilment | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

/dɪˈstɪl.mənt/

Definitions

The process of distillation.
countable, uncountable
The extract produced by distillation.
countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Suomi tisle

Examples

“And in the porches of mine ears did pour the leperous distilment”

“I did not call him fool, and vex my friend, / But quietly allowed experiment, / Encouraged him to dust his drink, and now / Grate lignum vitæ now bruise so-called grains / Of Paradise, and now, for perfume, pour / Distilment rare, the rose of Jericho, / Holy-thorn, passion-flower, and what know I? / Till beverage obtained the fancied smack.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

Distils Distinct distinction distinction without a difference distinctioning Distinctions