distillate
Americannoun
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the product obtained from the condensation of vapors in distillation.
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any concentration, essence, or abstraction.
noun
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Also called: distillation. the product of distillation
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a concentrated essence
Etymology
Origin of distillate
1860–65; < Latin distillātus (past participle of distillāre to trickle down), equivalent to distill- distill + -ātus -ate 1
Example Sentences
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From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026
Last week’s 190,000 barrel distillate stock build following six straight weekly draws was “small but symbolically meaningful,” Noel-Beswick says.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
U.S. distillate stocks were 102.5 million barrels last week, and haven’t fallen below 100 million barrels since 2003.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
“With the loss of Port Arthur, your distillate crisis has gone up another level,” said Paul Sankey, analyst of Sankey Research, at an energy conference in Houston on Tuesday.
From Barron's • Mar. 24, 2026
The news stirred up something infinitely black and evil in the town; the black distillate was like the scorpion, or like hunger in the smell of food, or like loneliness when love is withheld.
From "The Pearl" by John Steinbeck
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