a product of distillation; liquid obtained by distilling
the essence of anything
Origin:
< L distillatus, pp. of distillare
See distillate in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
A liquid condensed from vapor in distillation.
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).