Meaning of "retort" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD RETORT

From Latin retorquēre to twist back, from re- + torquēre to twist, wrench.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF RETORT

retort  [rɪˈtɔːt]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF RETORT

Retort is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb retort in English.

WHAT DOES RETORT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Retort

In a chemistry laboratory, a retort is a glassware device used for distillation or dry distillation of substances. It consists of a spherical vessel with a long downward-pointing neck. The liquid to be distilled is placed in the vessel and heated. The neck acts as a condenser, allowing the vapors to condense and flow along the neck to a collection vessel placed underneath. In the chemical industry, a retort is an airtight vessel in which substances are heated for a chemical reaction producing gaseous products to be collected in a collection vessel or for further processing. Such industrial-scale retorts are used in shale oil extraction and the production of charcoal. A process of heating oil shale to produce shale oil, shale gas, and spent shale is commonly called retorting. In the food industry, pressure cookers are often referred to as retorts, meaning "canning retorts". Retort in use...

Definition of retort in the English dictionary

The first definition of retort in the dictionary is to utter quickly, sharply, wittily, or angrily, in response. Other definition of retort is to use against its originator; turn the tables by saying. Retort is also a sharp, angry, or witty reply.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO RETORT

PRESENT

Present

I retort

you retort

he/she/it retorts

we retort

you retort

they retort

Present continuous

I am retorting

you are retorting

he/she/it is retorting

we are retorting

you are retorting

they are retorting

Present perfect

I have retorted

you have retorted

he/she/it has retorted

we have retorted

you have retorted

they have retorted

Present perfect continuous

I have been retorting

you have been retorting

he/she/it has been retorting

we have been retorting

you have been retorting

they have been retorting

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I retorted

you retorted

he/she/it retorted

we retorted

you retorted

they retorted

Past continuous

I was retorting

you were retorting

he/she/it was retorting

we were retorting

you were retorting

they were retorting

Past perfect

I had retorted

you had retorted

he/she/it had retorted

we had retorted

you had retorted

they had retorted

Past perfect continuous

I had been retorting

you had been retorting

he/she/it had been retorting

we had been retorting

you had been retorting

they had been retorting

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will retort

you will retort

he/she/it will retort

we will retort

you will retort

they will retort

Future continuous

I will be retorting

you will be retorting

he/she/it will be retorting

we will be retorting

you will be retorting

they will be retorting

Future perfect

I will have retorted

you will have retorted

he/she/it will have retorted

we will have retorted

you will have retorted

they will have retorted

Future perfect continuous

I will have been retorting

you will have been retorting

he/she/it will have been retorting

we will have been retorting

you will have been retorting

they will have been retorting

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would retort

you would retort

he/she/it would retort

we would retort

you would retort

they would retort

Conditional continuous

I would be retorting

you would be retorting

he/she/it would be retorting

we would be retorting

you would be retorting

they would be retorting

Conditional perfect

I would have retort

you would have retort

he/she/it would have retort

we would have retort

you would have retort

they would have retort

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been retorting

you would have been retorting

he/she/it would have been retorting

we would have been retorting

you would have been retorting

they would have been retorting

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you retort
we let´s retort
you retort

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to retort

Past participle

retorted

Present Participle

retorting

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «RETORT»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «retort» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of retort

answer · answer back · comeback · counter · rejoin · rejoinder · reply · respond · response · retaliate · return · riposte

TRANSLATION OF RETORT

Find out the translation of retort to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of retort from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «retort» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 反驳
• Translator English - Spanish: contestar
• English: retort
• Translator English - Hindi: मुंहतोड़ जवाब
• Translator English - Arabic: معوجة
• Translator English - Russian: реторты
• Translator English - Portuguese: retrucar
• Translator English - Bengali: প্রতিশোধ
• Translator English - French: répliquer
• Translator English - Malay: Retort
• Translator English - German: scharf erwidern
• Translator English - Japanese: やり返す
• Translator English - Korean: 되받아치다
• Translator English - Javanese: Retort
• Translator English - Vietnamese: trả lại
• Translator English - Tamil: வாலை
• Translator English - Marathi: उत्तर द्या
• Translator English - Turkish: imbik
• Translator English - Italian: ribattere
• Translator English - Polish: riposta
• Translator English - Ukrainian: реторти
• Translator English - Romanian: replică
• Translator English - Greek: ανταπαντώ
• Translator English - Afrikaans: retort
• Translator English - Swedish: retort
• Translator English - Norwegian: retort

2 QUOTES WITH «RETORT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word retort.

1

Charlotte Perkins Gilman

Audiences are always better pleased with a smart retort, some joke or epigram, than with any amount of reasoning.

2

Ben Rattray

There are a lot of complaints by the older generation about the lack of action in this generation. My retort: give these people something to be engaged in. Cutting a check is not engaging.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RETORT»

Discover the use of retort in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to retort and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Afflicted Powers: Capital and Spectacle in a New Age of War

Dissenting intellectuals analyze the collision of military neoliberalism with the politics of the spectacle.

Iain A. Boal, 2005

Sterilization of Food in Retort Pouches

The scope of the book is to analyze the process of thermal sterilization (heating and cooling cycles) of canned liquid food in a three-dimensional pouch, to examine the migration of the slowest heating zone, and to predict transient ...

A.G. Abdul Ghani Al-Baali, Mohammed M. Farid, 2007

Processed Meats

The retort operation serves two purposes: ( 1 ) products are subjected to a high temperature for sufficient duration to destroy all organisms that might adversely affect consumer health, as well as other more resistant organisms that could cause ...

A.M. Pearson, T.A. Gillett, 1996

Food Industries Manual

Heat penetration data can be mathematically converted from one can size to another, or from one retort temperature to another. RETORTING Equipment The basic pressure processing vessel is the batch retort, which may be either vertical  ...

M.D. Ranken, Christopher G J Baker, R.C. Kill, 1997

Food Processing: Principles and Applications

the retort, the vent valves are kept wide open to allow the escape of air out of the retort. It should be noted that in addition to the air, the venting process also drives out steam and, hence, is quite energy intensive. Principal components of the ...

Hosahalli S. Ramaswamy, Michele Marcotte, 2005

Fundamentals of Food Process Engineering

Figure 9.3 is a photograph of a three-shell continuous retort viewed from the end that shows the drive system for the reel. Also shown at the top of the retort is the rotary valve, which receives the cans and introduces them continuously into the ...

Romeo T. Toledo, 2007

Fugitive dust at the Paraho oil shale demonstration retort ...

J. E. Cotter, D. J. Powell, C. Habenicht, Industrial Environmental Research Laboratory (Cincinnati, Ohio), TRW Inc. Environmental Engineering Division. TABLE A-2. APPARENT DUST CONCENTRATIONS FROM PARTICULATE SIZING ...

J. E. Cotter, D. J. Powell, C. Habenicht, 1979

The CRC Master Keyword Guide for Food: 21 CFR Regulations of ...

The temperature-recorder bulb shall be installed either within the retort shell or in a well attached to the shell. Each temperature-recorder bulb well shall have a 1/ 16-inch or larger bleeder which emits steam continuously during the processing ...

Sue Ghazala, 2003

The retort courteous

Edward Quillinan. Time was when I, by idle thoughts betrayed, In satire's thorny mazes might have stray'd ; But that is past, — not genial Jacob40 now Could make me break my charitable vow. I shrink from strife with such a morbid sense, ...

Edward Quillinan, 1821

Improving the Thermal Processing of Foods

Case 2: Retort dimensions: mn : 230.4 kg, An : 3.50m2, Vrt : 0.6 m3 (Bhowmik et al., 1985), Containers: Can dimensions: 307 x 409; number of cans inside the retort: 303. Figure 3.6 shows that for the larger retort size the ratio steam ...

Philip Richardson, Philip S. Richardson, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RETORT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term retort is used in the context of the following news items.

Draymond Green Has Hilarious Retort to Kyrie Irving: 'I'd Be Anthony …

During an appearance on The Big Podcast with Shaquille O'Neal, Irving took a half-bold leap, saying that he thought the Cleveland Cavaliers "would have ... «Bleacher Report, Jul 15»

Obama's retort to a heckler made me nostalgic for this lost political art

Barack Obama told a heckler at the White House that 'it's not respectful' to heckle someone when invited to their home. Photograph: Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty ... «The Guardian, Jun 15»

Credit retort: Financial history has nothing to do with driving

When deciding how much to charge customers for car insurance, companies look not only at their driving records but also at their credit scores. The practice is ... «Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Jun 15»

#Distractinglysexy Tweets Are Female Scientists' Retort To …

A Nobel-winning biochemist's announcement that he has "trouble with girls" in labs because they either cause romantic sparks or start crying when criticized ... «NPR, Jun 15»

Antonio Cromartie offers below-the-belt retort to Kellen Winslow's …

Winslow, a former NFL tight end perhaps best known for his off-field issues, inexplicably took to Twitter on Wednesday to tell former teammate Antonio Cromartie ... «Yahoo Sports, Jun 15»

Rauner aide's criticism of lawmakers earns Democrats' retort

Rauner aide's criticism of lawmakers earns Democrats' retort. June 5, 2015. The Associated Press. Tim Akimoff/WBEZ. Criticism of lawmakers by a top aide of ... «WBEZ, Jun 15»

Flawless victory for Washington Redskins in retort to NFL.com

Social media and its impact have become a driving force today when it comes to the NFL. There've been questionable tweets from professional franchises and ... «247Sports, May 15»

Noble Falls Short in Muddy Waters Retort

In beating back critics, Noble Group squandered an opportunity to teach investors something about how this complex commodities house works. On Friday ... «Wall Street Journal, Apr 15»

Rand Paul Has Brilliant Retort for 'Today' Host Who Goes Off on a …

Rand Paul appeared on the “Today” show with Savannah Guthrie, and he had an intriguing retort for her when she launched into a rant about the Kentucky ... «IJ Review, Apr 15»

Retort appoints head of production

Fremantle Media UK comedy label Retort has hired Vera Productions' Rebecca Parkinson ... Retort managing director Jon Rolph said Parkinson “brings terrific ... «Broadcast, Mar 15»