extraction Definition

1. The act of extracting.

Thesaurus: drawing, removal, uprooting, wrenching.
2. The process whereby a metal is obtained from its ore.
3. The removal of a tooth from its socket.
4. The use of a solvent to separate a substance from a liquid or solid mixture.
5. Family origin; descent.

Example: of Dutch extraction
Thesaurus: ancestry, lineage, parentage, origin, descent, blood, race, family.