Definitions For Extract

noun

  • A passage selected from a larger work
  • A solution obtained by steeping or soaking a substance (usually in water)
  • A substance that you get from something by using a machine or chemicals
  • A short piece of writing that is taken from a longer work (such as a book)

verb

  • Extract by the process of distillation
  • Calculate the root of a number
  • Take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy
  • Remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense
  • Obtain from a substance, as by mechanical action
  • Separate (a metal) from an ore
  • Deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning)
  • Get despite difficulties or obstacles
  • To remove (something) by pulling it out or cutting it out
  • To get (information, a response, etc.) from someone who does not want to give it
  • To get (something, such as information) fromsomething

Is Extract a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
16
Words with Friends
17

The word Extract is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Extract in a Sentence

  • He extracted a credit card from his wallet.
  • I had to have a tooth extracted.
  • The tumor was surgically extracted.
  • The recipe calls for a tablespoon of vanilla extract.
  • The anthology includes a long extract from the epic poem

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