extractor
Americannoun
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a person or thing that extracts.
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(in a firearm or cannon) the mechanism that, after firing, pulls an empty or unfired cartridge or shell case out of the chamber and brings it into place for action by the ejector.
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a centrifuge for spinning wet laundry so as to remove excess water.
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Medicine/Medical, Dentistry. an instrument for drawing out, extracting, or pulling.
noun
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a person or thing that extracts
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an instrument for pulling something out or removing tight-fitting components
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a device for extracting liquid from a solid, esp a centrifugal dryer
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short for extractor fan
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a fitting in many firearms for removing spent cartridges from the chamber
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Lhoist North America, based in Fort Worth, Texas, is an extractor, manufacturer and supplier of lime, limestone and other mineral-based products.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026
Using a surface-indoor solvent extractor, the researchers directly collected films from cleaned surfaces in a controlled lab setting and on regularly washed surfaces in university buildings.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 14, 2024
The problem was fixed recently when Bristol City Council staff replaced the extractor fans and blocked the vents.
From BBC ● Nov. 17, 2022
There was nothing else to do with the premium plants but ship them to an extractor to be mulched and reduced to generic oil.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 3, 2022
Sugar-Girl nudged Otis with her elbow, and he stepped up and helped them get her situated between the extractor and the baffle tank.
From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd
From high-pressure extractors to high-quality filters, there are more tools than ever before to protect the lungs of people working with wood.
From BBC ● May 11, 2026
Then there are what I would call "the hyper extractors."
From Salon ● Feb. 6, 2024
After witnessing the destruction wrought by human extractors ravaging the film’s fictional ecotopian planet Pandora, our disgusted protagonist abandons human society entirely, shedding his human body and becoming one of the blue-skinned, bioluminescent Navi.
From Slate ● Oct. 29, 2022
Toothpicks, cuticle pushers, tweezers and metal blemish extractors are the common tools that are being used to separate the shell and fragile membrane.
From Fox News ● Jan. 8, 2022
The extractors took a break and then bulldozed their way into a third cell.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
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