Definition of extracts

Scrabble & Words with friends points

• extracts is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 17
• extracts is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 17
• extracts is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 18

Definition of extracts

• obtain from a substance, as by mechanical action (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. express
  2. press out
• take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. excerpt
  2. take out
• a passage selected from a larger work (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. excerpt
  2. excerption
  3. selection
• a solution obtained by steeping or soaking a substance (usually in water) (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. infusion
• remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense (verb)

  Examples

  1. extract a bad tooth
  2. extract information from the telegram

  Synonyms

  1. draw out
  2. pull
  3. pull out
  4. pull up
  5. rip out
  6. take out
  7. tear out
• deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning) (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. draw out
  2. educe
  3. elicit
  4. evoke
• extract by the process of distillation (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. distil
  2. distill
• calculate the root of a number (verb)
• get despite difficulties or obstacles (verb)

  Examples

  1. I extracted a promise from the Dean for two new positions
• separate (a metal) from an ore (verb)

See definition of extracts in Merriam Webster