Retort



noun
1.
(a container for distilling; a vessel for heating ore, to extract metal) សំដីស៊ក, បំពង់បង្ហូរ, ការឆ្លើយតប, សំដី, ការស៊កសំដី, ការតបវិញភ្លាមៗ
verbpast 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.
verbpast 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