Meaning

(chemistry) The spirits that first come over when an alcoholic liquid is distilled..

Definitions by Sense

1. (chemistry) The spirits that first come over when an alcoholic liquid is distilled.
2. (chiefly sports) A shot that sends something forewards, such as a shot that sends the ball ahead the player making it.
3. A measurement of the azimuth when sighting to the next point along a path that is being measured with a compass.
4. (architecture) A portion of a building that protrudes out.
5. (photography or cinematography) The foreground of a photographic image.
6. simple past and past participle of foreshoot

Example Sentences

Foreshots knock the ball forward.

Twelve foreshot and twelve backshot records at varying offsets were acquired for each geophone setup to achieve 24 fold duplicity.

It was obviously an Aspen Valley resident because she recognised the stabling in the background, but the tall dark bay horse in the foreshot didn't look familiar.

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Use foreshot when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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