extract
Something that is extracted or drawn out.
Other meanings
A portion of a book, document, recording etc. incorporated distinctly in another work (for written or spoken words, synoymous to a citation; a quotation).
“I used an extract of Hemingway's book to demonstrate culture shock.”
A decoction, solution, or infusion made by drawing out from any substance that which gives it its essential and characteristic virtue
“extract of beef”
A kind of
- solution
Kinds of extract
- beef tea
Related words
- extractiform
- phytoextract
- liquorice extract
- yeast extract
- coffee extract
- flavour extract
- Goulard's extract
- licorice extract
- Liebig's extract
- vanilla extract
Word history
From Latin "extractum".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “extract” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.