Extractive (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

adjective
  1. tending or serving to extract, or based upon extraction: coal, oil, copper, and other extractive industries.
  2. capable of being extracted, as from the earth: extractive fuels.
  3. of, relating to, or involving extraction: extractive surgery.
  4. of or of the nature of an extract.
noun
  1. something extracted.
adjective
  1. tending or serving to extract
  2. of, involving, or capable of extraction
noun
  1. something extracted or capable of being extracted
  2. the part of an extract that is insoluble
Extractive (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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