distillation

Questions about distillation

What does distillation mean?

distillation means "the process of purifying a liquid by boiling it and condensing its vapors". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in distillation?

distillation has 4 syllables: dis-til-la-tion. The stress falls on "la". In IPA it is /ˌdɪstəˈleɪʃən/.

What is another word for distillation?

Close synonyms include distillment, distillate. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is distillation a common word?

distillation is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with distillation?

65 words rhyme with distillation. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.