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Meaning of Tincturing | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. gerund of tincture
  2. The act or process of colour or stain (something) with a dye or pigment.
  3. The act of adding to or impregnating something with an abstract quality.
  4. The act or process of dissolving (a substance) in ethanol or some other solvent to produce a medicinal tincture.

Equivalents

العربية الصباغة

Examples

“At its simplest, tincturing involves chopping or grinding the source material as finely as possible, covering it with ethyl (grain) alcohol, and allowing the mixture to macerate, or steep, for two weeks or more.”

CEFR level

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