"solar still" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: solar stills [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} solar still (plural solar stills)
  1. A simple distillation device consisting of a sheet of plastic placed over a pit, allowing water vapor produced by evaporation to run back into a collection vessel. Wikipedia link: solar still
    Sense id: en-solar_still-en-noun-Stj2c5lK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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