Retort
noun
- 1.
- (a container for distilling; a vessel for heating ore, to extract metal) សំដីស៊ក, បំពង់បង្ហូរ, ការឆ្លើយតប, សំដី, ការស៊កសំដី, ការតបវិញភ្លាមៗ
verb — past tense: retorted ; past participle: retorted ; present participle: retorting ;
- 1.
- (INTRANSITIVE) (to repay in kind; to make a smart reply) សមសំដី, ស៊កសំដី
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
- 1.
- The return of, or reply to, an argument, charge, censure, incivility, taunt, or witticism; a quick and witty or severe response.
- 2.
- A vessel in which substances are subjected to distillation or decomposition by heat. It is made of different forms and materials for different uses, as a bulb of glass with a curved beak to enter a receiver for general chemical operations, or a cylinder or semicylinder of cast iron for the manufacture of gas in gas works.
verb — past tense: retorted ; past participle: retorted ; present participle: retorting ;
- 1.
- To bend or curve back; as, a retorted line.
- 2.
- To throw back; to reverberate; to reflect.
- 3.
- To return, as an argument, accusation, censure, or incivility; as, to retort the charge of vanity.
- 4.
- (INTRANSITIVE) To return an argument or a charge; to make a severe reply.
- 1.
- answer, defense, rejoinder, reply, response
- 1.
- inquiry, questioning, summoning
- 2.
- argument