Test Your Vocabulary

Take Our 10-Question Quiz

Name That Thing

Take our visual vocab quiz

Test Your Knowledge »

True or False?

A quick quiz about stuff worth knowing

Take It Now »

Join Us on FB & Twitter

Get the Word of the Day and More

Facebook | Twitter
  1. Word Games
  2. Word of the Day
  3. New Words & Slang
  4. Video
 

extractive

3 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. 1) extractive (adjective)
  2. 2) extractive (noun)
  3. extractive distillation (noun)

1ex·trac·tive

adj \ik-ˈstrak-tiv, ˈek-ˌ\

Definition of EXTRACTIVE

1
a : of, relating to, or involving extraction b : tending toward or resulting in withdrawal of natural resources by extraction with no provision for replenishment <extractive agriculture>
2
: capable of being extracted
— ex·trac·tive·ly adverb

First Known Use of EXTRACTIVE

1599

Rhymes with EXTRACTIVE

abstractive, attractive, contractive, detractive, distractive, impactive, inactive, proactive, protractive, reactive, refractive, subtractive

Learn More About EXTRACTIVE

Browse

Next Word in the Dictionary: extractive distillation
Previous Word in the Dictionary: extraction turbine
All Words Near: extractive

Seen & Heard

What made you want to look up extractive? Please tell us where you read or heard it (including the quote, if possible).