Meaning & use
alembic
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A distilling apparatus, traditionally made of two connected vessels, historically used by alchemists and early chemists.
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The alchemist heated the mixture in an alembic to separate its essential oils.
The museum displayed an old copper alembic once used for distilling spirits.
A note on using this word
Often used figuratively to describe a process that refines or transforms something, as in "the alembic of experience."
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