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verb

evaporate

lose or cause to lose liquid by vaporization leaving a more concentrated residue

In a sentence

Six example sentences with evaporate, each labelled with its topic.

  • Let the wine evaporate until only a glossy spoonful of syrup clings to the bottom of the hot pan.

    Cooking

  • Each summer the shallow lagoon evaporates until a crust of salt remains for villagers to rake into low piles.

    Environment

  • Fixer left standing in the tray evaporates overnight and leaves a crust that ruins the next batch of prints.

    Photography

  • Students let a dish of seawater evaporate on the windowsill and weigh the white crust to estimate its salt content.

    Science

  • Roman salt works let seawater evaporate in shallow pans, and the crust was raked into heaps for the legions.

    History

  • As the watercolor evaporates, pigment collects along the drying edge and leaves the hard bloom painters call a backrun.

    Art

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