extractor
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• noun
A machine, tool, or device used to draw out, remove, or separate a substance, liquid, gas, or object from something else.
"The beekeeper placed the uncapped frames into a centrifugal honey extractor to harvest the golden liquid without damaging the wax combs."
British An electric fan installed in a kitchen or bathroom wall or hood to draw out steam, smoke, and cooking odors.
"Please switch on the extractor above the stove before you start frying the fish."
A person, organization, or software program that retrieves, mines, or draws out resources, data, or materials from a source.
"The research team built an automated text extractor to gather citation data from thousands of digitized academic journals."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed from Post-Classical Latin extractor, derived from the verb extrahere ('to draw out'), from ex- ('out') and trahere ('to pull or draw').
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