English Explanatory Dictionary

extraction

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The act of extracting or the condition of being extracted.
  2. Something extracted, an extract, as from a plant or an organ of an animal etc.
  3. A person's origin or ancestry.
  4. The act of removing someone from a hostile area to a secure location.
  5. The removal of a tooth from its socket.
  6. The extraction yield of a brewed coffee.

Pronunciation

/ɪkˈstɹækʃən/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-extraction.wav

Word forms

extraction extractions

Etymology

From Old French estraction, from Medieval Latin extractio.

Synonyms

reduction extract descent lineage

Derived words

agroextraction autoextraction buccal fat extraction coextraction cold extraction collocation extraction comedo extraction cryoextraction dilation and extraction electroextraction extractional hot extraction hydroextraction immunoextraction intact dilation and extraction microextraction nonextraction overextraction perstraction phytoextraction postextraction preextraction reextraction root extraction solvent extraction Soxhlet extraction underextraction
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