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Antonyms for extraction

Grammar : Noun
Spell : ik-strak-shuh n
Phonetic Transcription : ɪkˈstræk ʃən


Definition of extraction

Origin :
  • early 15c., from Old French estraction (12c.) or directly from Medieval Latin extractionem (nominative extractio), noun of action from past participle stem of Latin extrahere (see extract (v.)).
  • noun removal from whole; distillation
  • noun ancestry, origin
Example sentences :
  • His mother's maiden name was Cordes, and she also was of French extraction.
  • Extract from : « A Sketch of the Life of Brig. Gen. Francis Marion » by William Dobein James
  • After its extraction, it is coagulated by the heat in the water.
  • Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 3 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
  • Like all persons of this extraction, she was thoroughly selfish.
  • Extract from : « The Memoirs of Louis XIV., His Court and The Regency, Complete » by Duc de Saint-Simon
  • The extraction of gold from auriferous rock is also known to the natives.
  • Extract from : « The Philippine Islands » by John Foreman
  • Hilda Glaum was of Swiss extraction, and something of a mystery.
  • Extract from : « The Green Rust » by Edgar Wallace
  • She stated that she had not felt the extraction of the tooth, but she had heard it.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 382, October 1847 » by Various
  • He is not of French extraction, yet he would lead one to assume that he was.
  • Extract from : « The Loyalist » by James Francis Barrett
  • Most of the ministers of the last were Persians or of Persian extraction.
  • Extract from : « The Arts of Persia » by H. Kevorkian
  • Philip, though of French extraction, had decidedly Irish partialities.
  • Extract from : « Anecdotes of Dogs » by Edward Jesse
  • In the tenth century his extraction is of little consequence.
  • Extract from : « The Origins of Contemporary France, Volume 1 (of 6) » by Hippolyte A. Taine

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