Extractable

ex·tract  (k-strkt)

tr.v. ex·tract·ed, ex·tract·ing, ex·tracts

1. To draw or pull out, often with great force or effort: extract a wisdom tooth; used tweezers to extract the splinter.

2. To obtain despite resistance: extract a promise.

3. To obtain from a substance by chemical or mechanical action, as by pressure, distillation, or evaporation.

4. To remove for separate consideration or publication; excerpt.

5.

a. To derive or obtain (information, for example) from a source.

b. To deduce (a principle or doctrine); construe (a meaning).

c. To derive (pleasure or comfort) from an experience.

6. Mathematics To determine or calculate (the root of a number).

n. (kstrkt)

Something extracted, especially:

a. A passage from a literary work; an excerpt.

b. A concentrated preparation of the essential constituents of a food, flavoring, or other substance; a concentrate: maple extract.

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[Middle English extracten, from Latin extrahere, extract- : ex-, ex- + trahere, to draw.]

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ex·tracta·ble, ex·tracti·ble adj.

ex·tractor n.

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

extractable - capable of being extracted extractible removable - capable of being removed or taken away or dismissed; "a removable cord"; "removable partitions"