Extraction - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ɪkˈstrækʃn|
Brit.
|ɪkˈstrækʃ(ə)n|
noun
- the process of obtaining something from a mixture or compound by chemical or physical or mechanical means
- properties attributable to your ancestry (syn: descent, origin)
- the action of taking out something (especially using effort or force)
- properties attributable to your ancestry (syn: descent, origin)
- the action of taking out something (especially using effort or force)
the dentist gave her a local anesthetic prior to the extraction
Extra examples
Dark hair is a note of the foreigner of southern extraction.
...since the invention of the cork, all manner of appliances have been invented for the extraction of these sometimes troublesome stoppers...
Word forms
noun
singular: extraction
plural: extractions
singular: extraction
plural: extractions
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