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distiller Definition

dis·tiller (di stilər)

noun

  1. a person or apparatus that distills
  2. a person, company, etc. in the business of making alcoholic liquors produced by distillation
distiller Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • force: It forced distillers to sell only to licensed retailers and brought gin-shops under the jurisdiction of local magistrates.

Adjective modifier

  • Scotch: By contrast, Scotch malt whiskey distillers are generally looking for a more subtle oak influence.
  • illicit: He stood six feet four inches tall and his stature helped to silence any of the illicit distillers who challenged the newly licensed distillery.
  • independent: We had a big holding in Glenmorangie, which was the last independent malt whiskey distiller with a stock market listing.
  • large: So -- we have come a long way from a tiny scrap of paper to the second largest distiller in England!
  • other: Like several other distillers, the company also feels its label should be used only on whiskey aged according to its own practices.
  • Scottish: Licenses were granted to a very small number of Scottish distillers for the exportation of spirits to England.

Modifies a noun

  • yeast: Macallan uses brewers and distillers yeast in a complex mixture that includes 50 percent cultured yeast.

Noun used with modifier

  • whiskey: I think the premises belong to a whiskey distiller.
  • tar: The tar distillers could not at first supply it in sufficient quantity or of the required purity.
  • malt: By contrast, Scotch malt whiskey distillers are generally looking for a more subtle oak influence.
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  • whiskey: After serving as president, George Washington became probably the new republic's largest whiskey distiller.
  • gin: The clarity of the water would have made any gin distiller jealous.

Possessives

  • yeast: S pecial distiller's yeast is the third ingredient.
  • warehouse: A limited range of operations, such as racking, can be carried out in a distiller's warehouse.

Preposition: of

  • spirit: I have to tell you the successful distiller of spirits has a seventh tall daughter.