alembic
/əˈlɛmbɪk/
noun
- An apparatus used in chemistry and alchemy for distilling liquids, consisting of a vessel and a condensing tube.
- The alchemist carefully heated the mixture in the alembic to extract the essence.
- In the lab, the old alembic was replaced by modern distillation equipment.
- The museum displayed a medieval alembic used for making perfumes and medicines.
- Something that refines or transforms, often used figuratively to describe a process of purification or change.
- The artist's studio was an alembic where raw emotions were turned into beautiful paintings.
- Her mind was an alembic, distilling complex ideas into simple, powerful words.
- The rigorous training program acted as an alembic, shaping raw recruits into skilled soldiers.
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