distilled

[dih-stild]

adjective

1. obtained or produced by distillation.

Other Word Forms

• undistilled adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of distilled¹

1425–75; late Middle English. See distill, -ed ²

Example Sentences

Early Sunday morning, Eric Mitchell, the president of the Alliance to End Hunger, distilled the implications in a single line: “Hunger will not disappear simply because it is no longer tracked.”

From Salon

Four letters distilled a practice that could take decades to internalize, making it repeatable even in the chaos of a busy kitchen.

From Salon

The resulting image, published in Interiors magazine, distilled a seismic moment in L.A.’s creative history.

From Los Angeles Times

That dynamic is hilariously distilled in the episode “Mac & Dennis Move to the Suburbs.”

From Salon

Instead, it was pure umami: tomato distilled to its essence, clean and resonant and utterly structural.

From Salon

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