noun
- a substance obtained by extracting or concentrating the essential part of something, especially a liquid preparation made from a plant or food
- a short passage or quotation taken from a book, speech, or other text
verb
- to remove or take out something from a place or substance
- to obtain or derive something from a source, such as information or a quotation
Examples
- Vanilla extracts are commonly used in baking and cooking.
- The dentist extracts teeth that are too damaged to repair.
- She extracts important information from research papers for her thesis.
- The book contains several extracts from famous speeches.
- The factory extracts oil from seeds using a special process.
- He extracts a promise from his friend to keep the secret.
- The article extracts data from multiple scientific studies.