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Definition of 'Extractor'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) extractor
a person or thing that extracts.

2. extractor
(in a firearm or cannon) the mechanism that pulls the spent cartridge or shell case from the chamber.

Etymology: (1605–15)

Definition of 'Extractor'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) extractor
an instrument for extracting tight-fitting components

2. (noun) centrifuge, extractor, separator
an apparatus that uses centrifugal force to separate particles from a suspension

3. (noun) cartridge extractor, cartridge remover, extractor
a mechanism in a firearm that pulls an empty shell case out of the chamber and passes it to the ejector

Definition of 'Extractor'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) Extractor
one who, or that which, extracts

2. (noun) Extractor
a forceps or instrument for extracting substances

3. (noun) Extractor
a device for withdrawing a cartridge or spent cartridge shell from the chamber of the barrel

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