(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 Soxhlet extractor

(informal, chemistry) A Soxhlet extractor

(dated) In the 1940s, a young woman or teenage girl who was a zealous fan of traditional pop, especially of Frank Sinatra.

plural of bobby soxer

plural of soxhlation

extraction by means of a Soxhlet extractor

Synonym of Soxhlet extractor

Alternative form of bobby soxer

plural of Soxhlet