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extract


extract - noun

  • a solution obtained by steeping or soaking a substance (usually in water)
  • a passage selected from a larger work

    • extract - verb

    • remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense
    • get despite difficulties or obstacles
    • deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning)
    • extract by the process of distillation
    • separate (a metal) from an ore
    • obtain from a substance, as by mechanical action
    • take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy
    • calculate the root of a number

    extract - thesaurus

    distil British English spelling   distill American English spelling   educe   elicit   evoke   excerpt   excerption   express   infusion   pull   selection  

    Scrabble score for extract

    e is 1 x is 8 t is 1 r is 1 a is 1 c is 3 t is 1
    Scrabble score = 16

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