Dictionary Entry
extraneous
extraneous is a 10-letter English word with 5 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Not belonging to, or dependent upon, a thing; without or beyond a thing; not essential or intrinsic; foreign; as, to separate gold from extraneous matter. Face value is 17 in Scrabble and 19 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 17 · Words With Friends 19 · 5 senses
Definitions
- 1adjective
Not belonging to, or dependent upon, a thing; without or beyond a thing; not essential or intrinsic; foreign; as, to separate gold from extraneous matter.
- 2adjective
coming from the outside
"extraneous light in the camera spoiled the photograph"
"relying upon an extraneous income"
- 3adjective
not essential
"the ballet struck me as extraneous and somewhat out of keeping with the rest of the play"
- 4adjective
not pertinent to the matter under consideration
"an issue extraneous to the debate"
"the price was immaterial"
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- 5adjective
not belonging to that in which it is contained; introduced from an outside source
"water free of extraneous matter"
"foreign particles in milk"
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