extraction

Academic Word List, sublist 7.

About 9.63 uses per million words.

Meaning

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

Similar words

descent origin abstraction extractive extract pull lift refining pulling dismantling

Often followed by

of and with is from in process by procedure

Word family

extract extracted extracting extractions extracts