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- [ri-tawrt]
- /rɪˈtɔrt/
- /rɪˈtɔːt/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [ri-tawrt]
- /rɪˈtɔrt/
Definitions of retort word
- verb with object retort to sterilize food after it is sealed in a container, by steam or other heating methods. 1
- verb with object retort Chemistry. to subject (shale, ore, etc.) to heat and possibly reduced pressure in order to produce fuel oil, metal, etc. 1
- noun retort Chemistry. a vessel, commonly a glass bulb with a long neck bent downward, used for distilling or decomposing substances by heat. a refractory chamber, generally cylindrically shaped, within which some substance, as ore or coal, is heated as part of a smelting or manufacturing process. an airtight, usually cylindrical vessel of fire clay or iron, used in the destructive distillation chiefly of coal and wood in the manufacture of illuminating gas. 1
- noun retort a sterilizer for food cans. 1
- noun retort sharp reply 1
- transitive verb retort reply sharply 1
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Origin of retort
First appearance:
before 1590 One of the 37% oldest English words
1590-1600; < Latin retortus (past participle of retorquēre to bend back), equivalent to re- re- + torqu(ēre) to twist, bend + -tus past participle suffix, with -qut- > -t-
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Parts of speech for Retort
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
retort popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 95% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
retort usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for retort
noun retort
- alembic — an obsolete type of retort used for distillation
- alibi — If you have an alibi, you can prove that you were somewhere else when a crime was committed.
- ampulla — the dilated end part of certain ducts or canals, such as the end of a uterine tube
- ampullae — Anatomy. a dilated portion of a canal or duct, especially of the semicircular canals of the ear.
- answer — When you answer someone who has asked you something, you say something back to them.
verb retort
- answer back — If someone, especially a child, answers back, they speak rudely to you when you speak to them.
- arrive at — to reach by traveling
- be-have — to act in a particular way; conduct or comport oneself or itself: The ship behaves well.
- come to — When someone who is unconscious comes to, they recover consciousness.
- feel for — to perceive or examine by touch.
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