distillate

(distə lāt′, -lit; also di stilit)

noun

  1. a product of distillation; liquid obtained by distilling
  2. the essence of anything

Origin: < L distillatus, pp. of distillare

See distillate in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. A liquid condensed from vapor in distillation.
  2. A purified form; an essence: “Finally the President knows the most crucial things about every facet of reality, the pristine distillate of the world's critical information” (Peregrine Worsthorne).

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