extract
/ˈɛkstɹækt/
Frequency: 4.02 in modern English
Meaning
noun
A portion of a book, document, recording etc. incorporated distinctly in another work (for written or spoken words, synoymous to a citation; a quotation).
noun
A decoction, solution, or infusion made by drawing out from any substance that which gives it its essential and characteristic virtue
noun
A solid preparation obtained by evaporating a solution of a drug, etc., or the fresh juice of a plant (distinguished from an abstract).
noun
A peculiar principle (fundamental essence) once erroneously supposed to form the basis of all vegetable extracts.
Obsolete
noun
A draft or copy of writing; a certified copy of the proceedings in an action and the judgment therein, with an order for execution.
Example Sentences
- "I used an extract of Hemingway's book to demonstrate culture shock."
- "vanilla extract"
- "extract of beef"
- "extract of dandelion"
- "quinine is the most important extract of Peruvian bark."
- "to extract a tooth from its socket, a stump from the earth, or a splinter from the finger"
Etymology
Origin
- Source language: Latin