extraction
Pronunciation
[change]- IPA (key): /ɪkˈstrækʃən/
Audio (UK) (file) - Hyphenation: ex‧trac‧tion
Noun
[change]- (uncountable) Extraction is the act of removing something from somewhere.
- (countable & uncountable) Extraction the thing or stuff that was removed.
- (military) Extraction is an act of removing someone from a hostile area to a secure location.
- (dentistry) Extraction is the removal of a tooth from its socket.
- (uncountable) If you are of French/Congolese/Chinese/etc. extraction, that is your ethnicity.