What is another word for alembics?

Pronunciation: [ɐlˈɛmbɪks] (IPA)

Alembics are devices used for distillation, which is the process of separating substances from a solution by heating and cooling. There are several synonyms for alembics, including retorts, stills, distilleries, and evaporators. Retorts are often used for industrial distillation, while stills and distilleries can be used for both industrial and home distillation. Evaporators, on the other hand, are typically used for separating solvents from solutions. Other related terms include distillation flasks, fractional distillation columns, and condensers. Regardless of the term used, alembics are essential tools in the production of a wide range of chemicals, including perfumes, essential oils, and alcoholic beverages.

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What are the hypernyms for Alembics?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Usage examples for Alembics

It was strewed with the wrecks of retorts and alembics, with old crucibles, boxes and phials of powders and tinctures, and half-burnt books and manuscripts.
"Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists"
Washington Irving
This art the Arabian Geber taught, And in alembics, finely wrought, Distilling herbs and flowers, discovered The secret that so long had hovered Upon the misty verge of Truth, The Elixir of Perpetual Youth, Called Alcohol, in the Arab speech!
"The Complete Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow"
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Yet the alchemy of his poetry has passed through the potent alembics of verse and phrase all these rebellious things, and has distilled them into the inimitably fluent and velvet medium which seems to lull some readers to inattention by its very smoothness, and deceive others into a belief in its lack of matter by the very finish and brilliancy of its form.
"A History of English Literature Elizabethan Literature"
George Saintsbury

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