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Meanings of retort in English

Russian
реторта
Catalan
retorta
Spanish
retorta
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Glassware device used for distillation or dry distillation of substances.

          Related terms
          реторта
          Portuguese
          resposta
          Spanish
          réplica

          A quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one)

              resposta
              Spanish
              replicar

              Answer back.

                    replicar
                    Usage of retort in English
                    1
                    However, Malema's right-hand-man also used a highly-contentious term in his stinging retort.
                    The South African
                    2
                    Theism might almost retort the apologue of the specter of the Brocken.
                    Lectures and Essays
                    3
                    Here's the best of a very damning retort towards the Public Protector.
                    The South African
                    4
                    His face fell at the retort; then he broke into a laugh.
                    The Custom of the Country
                    5
                    I was prepared for this and had already thought of my retort.
                    The last 10 seconds
                    6
                    At this retort the Virginian permitted himself to laugh in audible sympathy.
                    The Virginian: A Horseman of the Plains
                    7
                    For a second Owen seemed about to retort in the same tone.
                    The Making of a Soul
                    8
                    Caroline's calm retort served to make Dodge edgier, if that was possible.
                    Tough customer: a novel
                    9
                    Deso bites back another retort, realises he's getting himself in a state.
                    Pandaemonium
                    10
                    Also, she amplified the retort courteous in divers vivid and unprintable ways.
                    The People of the Abyss
                    11
                    At this retort the men again showed their delight, laughing in chorus.
                    Stradella
                    12
                    Mr. Starr jumped up and was just as heated in his retort.
                    When Egypt Went Broke: A Novel
                    13
                    All this may be effected without removing the linten from the retort.
                    The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 46, August, 1861 / A Magazi...
                    14
                    The icy look with which he accompanied his retort subdued the woman.
                    The Delight Makers
                    15
                    But he made no retort, for the simple reason that he couldn't.
                    Changer of Worlds
                    16
                    And with this retort Mr. Mann took the elevator and went below.
                    Richard Dare's Venture; Or, Striking Out for Himself
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                    Translations for retort
                    Catalan
                    retorta
                    Retort through the time
                    Retort across language varieties
                    United Kingdom
                    Common
                    United States of America
                    Less common