extraction

extraction is a 10-letter English word with 6 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The act of extracting, or drawing out; as, the extraction of a tooth, of a bone or an arrow from the body, of a stump from earth, of a passage from a book, of an essence or tincture. Face value is 19 in Scrabble and 21 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

10 letters · Scrabble 19 · Words With Friends 21 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The act of extracting, or drawing out; as, the extraction of a tooth, of a bone or an arrow from the body, of a stump from earth, of a passage from a book, of an essence or tincture.
2. noun. Derivation from a stock or family; lineage; descent; birth; the stock from which one has descended.
3. noun. That which is extracted; extract; essence.
4. noun. the action of taking out something (especially using effort or force)

   "the dentist gave her a local anesthetic prior to the extraction"

5. noun. properties attributable to your ancestry

   "he comes from good origins"

   Synonyms: descent, origin

6. noun. the process of obtaining something from a mixture or compound by chemical or physical or mechanical means

Synonyms

descent, origin

Common word forms

extractions

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