plural of extractor

A machine for clearing combs of honey. / A device for rendering wax. / (chemistry) An apparatus that uses a solvent to remove soluble substances from a mixture. / A centrifugal drying machine.

(UK) An electrical kitchen device fitted over a cooker and connected to a flue designed to suck off any vapours from cooking.

(chemistry) A piece of laboratory apparatus consisting of a glass reservoir that sits over a lower flask (containing a boiling solvent) and under a condenser; a sample contained in a paper thimble is placed in the reservoir and soluble materials are continually extracted by the warm solvent and transferred to the lower flask via a siphon.

plural of extractor hood

Characterised by seeking to extract as much of a high-demand resource as possible from a forested area in as short a time as possible

Such a person or organisation

plural of Soxhlet extractor

(chemistry, archaic) Having the form, appearance, or nature of an extract.

(archaic) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of extract