English-German translations for tincture

• Tinktur die
  Wir haben hier Tinkturen, wie beispielsweise Arsen, die wir Tieren innerhalb der Nahrungskette verabreichen sollen. Here we have tinctures such as arsenic which we are being asked to put onto animals in the food chain.

Definition of tincture

• A pigment or other substance that colours or dyes
• A colour or metal used in the depiction of a coat of arms
• A small alcoholic drink
• The finer and more volatile parts of a substance, separated by a solvent; an extract of a part of the substance of a body communicated to the solvent
• A slight quality added to anything; a tinge
• To stain or impregnate with color
• To tinge; to taint
• To soak in alcohol or another liquid to produce a tincture

Examples

• a tincture of orange peel

Related words

• instinctual
• instinctually
• tincture of iodine