🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

destilación

Pronunciation / Transliteration: des-ti-la-ción

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Stillage/ˈstɪlɪdʒ/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #15000 frequency
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"La destilación es esencial en la producción de bebidas alcohólicas."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A device or apparatus used for distilling liquids, especially in the production of alcoholic beverages.

    "The distillery invested in a new stillage to improve the efficiency of their whiskey production."
  2. 2

    The residue or byproduct left after the distillation process.

    "The stillage from the fermentation process was used as animal feed."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term 'stillage' originates from Middle English 'stille', meaning 'to still or make quiet', combined with the suffix '-age', which denotes a process or result. Historically, it referred to the process of distillation, particularly in the context of producing spirits, evolving to denote the apparatus used in this process.

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