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Meaning of alembic in English
Pronunciation
/əˈlɛmbɪk/
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Noun
alembic
Etymology
Middle English: via Old French from medieval Latin alembicus, from Arabic al-'anbīq, from al-‘the’ + 'anbīq‘still’ (from Greek ambix, ambik-‘cup, cap of a still’)
Definitions
1.
an obsolete kind of container used for distillation
Examples
« two retorts connected by a tube »