Extraction

Quick meaning: Extraction is a noun meaning The act of extracting or the condition of being extracted.

Meaning

The act of extracting or the condition of being extracted.

More Meanings

1. Something extracted, an extract, as from a plant or an organ of an animal etc.
2. A person's origin or ancestry.
3. (military) The act of removing someone from a hostile area to a secure location.
4. (dentistry) The removal of a tooth from its socket.
5. (coffee preparation, by ellipsis) The extraction yield of a brewed coffee.

Example Sentences

They [books] do preserve as in a vial the purest efficacy and extraction of that living intellect that bred them.

Our companion on these tours was a young tourist, an American of Russian extraction, whose questions and remarks drew our attention to some details of Haifa life that have become too familiar and would have otherwise passed unnoticed. .

Word Forms

• extractions

Synonyms for extraction

Depending on context, synonyms include descent, lineage, extract, reduction, abstraction, origin.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include descent, origin, abstraction, extractive, extract, pull.

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