distilled water

noun

1. water from which impurities, as dissolved salts and colloidal particles, have been removed by one or more processes of distillation; chemically pure water.

Word History and Origins

Origin of distilled water¹

First recorded in 1495–1505

Example Sentences

Patients could simply take a bottle of the white powder from the fridge, mix it with distilled water and inject themselves.

From BBC

Patients could simply take a bottle of the white powder from the fridge, mix it with distilled water and inject themselves.

From BBC

Patients could simply take a bottle of the white powder from the fridge, mix it with distilled water and inject themselves.

From BBC

Ovation used hydrogen peroxide, rather than distilled water, during the incubation process and relied on “inexperienced, cheap, unqualified, and untrained employees to cut corners and maximize profits,” the suit says.

From Los Angeles Times

While the spears drew most of the attention, the rest of the wood collected spent decades awaiting analysis, soaking in refrigerated tubs of distilled water to replicate the cold, water-logged soil that preserved it for 300,000 years.

From Science Magazine