See retort on Wiktionary
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"ref": "1904–1905, Baroness Orczy [i.e., Emma Orczy], “The Ayrsham Mystery”, in The Case of Miss Elliott, London: T[homas] Fisher Unwin, published 1905, →OCLC; republished as popular edition, London: Greening & Co., 1909, OCLC 11192831, quoted in The Case of Miss Elliott (ebook no. 2000141h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg of Australia, February 2020:",
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"ref": "1904–1905, Baroness Orczy [i.e., Emma Orczy], “The Ayrsham Mystery”, in The Case of Miss Elliott, London: T[homas] Fisher Unwin, published 1905, →OCLC; republished as popular edition, London: Greening & Co., 1909, OCLC 11192831, quoted in The Case of Miss Elliott (ebook no. 2000141h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg of Australia, February 2020:",
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"word": "retort food"
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"word": "retort stand"
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"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "tʻoranotʻ",
"sense": "flask used for distillation",
"word": "թորանոթ"
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"word": "թորաման"
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"roman": "retorta",
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"feminine"
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"code": "ca",
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"sense": "flask used for distillation",
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"feminine"
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "flask used for distillation",
"word": "曲頸甑"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "qū jǐng zèng",
"sense": "flask used for distillation",
"word": "曲颈甑"
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"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "flask used for distillation",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "křivule"
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{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "flask used for distillation",
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"word": "retort"
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{
"code": "da",
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"sense": "flask used for distillation",
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"word": "destillerkolbe"
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"code": "nl",
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"sense": "flask used for distillation",
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "flask used for distillation",
"word": "retortti"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "flask used for distillation",
"word": "cornue"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "flask used for distillation",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "Retorte"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "apostaktíras",
"sense": "flask used for distillation",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "αποστακτήρας"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "flask used for distillation",
"word": "lombik"
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{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "flask used for distillation",
"word": "retorta"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "flask used for distillation",
"word": "retorto"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "flask used for distillation",
"word": "storta"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "retoruto",
"sense": "flask used for distillation",
"word": "レトルト"
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"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "flask used for distillation",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "retorte"
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{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "flask used for distillation",
"word": "puoto kakīroa"
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{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "flask used for distillation",
"word": "puoto whakaturuturu"
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{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "flask used for distillation",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "retorta"
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{
"code": "pt",
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"sense": "flask used for distillation",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "balão"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "flask used for distillation",
"word": "retortă"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "retórta",
"sense": "flask used for distillation",
"word": "рето́рта"
},
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kólba",
"sense": "flask used for distillation",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ко́лба"
},
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"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "flask used for distillation",
"word": "retorta"
},
{
"code": "es",
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"sense": "flask used for distillation",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"code": "sv",
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"sense": "flask used for distillation",
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"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "retorta",
"sense": "flask used for distillation",
"word": "реторта"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "an airtight vessel",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "Autoklav"
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"To heat in a retort."
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