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retort
noun
1. A closed laboratory vessel with an outlet tube, used for distillation, sublimation, or decomposition by heat.
2. The act or an instance of retorting.
3. A quick, witty, or cutting reply.
4. One that turns back or counters the first speaker's words.
5. A vessel or chamber in which substances are distilled or decomposed by heat.
verb
1. To pay or hurl back .
2. To make a reply to.
3. To say in reply.
4. To answer (as an argument) by a counter argument.
5. To answer back usually sharply.
verb-intransitive
1. To make a reply, especially a quick, caustic, or witty one.
2. To present a counterargument.
3. To return like for like; retaliate.
verb-transitive
1. To present a counterargument to.
2. To reply, especially to answer in a quick, caustic, or witty manner. See Synonyms at answer.
3. To return in kind; pay back.
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tet | 3 |
toe | 3 |
tor | 3 |
tot | 3 |
rot | 3 |
roe | 3 |
ret | 3 |
ort | 3 |
ore | 3 |
err | 3 |
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torr | 4 |
tore | 4 |
tort | 4 |
tote | 4 |
tret | 4 |
trot | 4 |
rote | 4 |
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torte | 5 |
toter | 5 |
rotte | 5 |
retro | 5 |
otter | 5 |
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rotter | 6 |
retort | 6 |