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extractor

UK/ɪkˈstɹæktə/US/ɪkˈstɹæktɚ/
nounB2+Rare in speech; mostly a word you read · #13,910 of 15,258neutral

Other forms: extractors

An extractor is the fan above a stove that pulls away steam and smells. Turn on the extractor, an extractor hood, the extractor is noisy.

The ones that vent outside actually remove the air, and the recirculating kind only filter it and put it back, which is far less effective. Building rules set a minimum rate for a kitchen extractor.

The original uploader was Commander Zulu at English Wikipedia. · Attribution

Definitions of extractor

  1. 1nounextractorThe fan above a stove that pulls away steam and smells.B2+

    “Turn on the extractor so the kitchen doesn't smell of fish.”

    • Said"Put the extractor on before you start frying; the alarm goes off otherwise."
    • WrittenThe extractors roared above the stoves, and half the conversation went up with the steam.
    • UsedClean the extractor filter every month, or grease builds up and drips.
    • ContrastAn extractor, not a fan. A fan moves air around the room; an extractor pulls it out of the house. fan →
    • Not thisAn open window is not an extractor. The extractor is the motor above the hob that sucks.
    • SimplyThe extractor is loud. It takes the smoke away.

    Patternturn on the extractor · an extractor fan / hood · extractor filter

extractor is a fan.

Remember it

EXTRACTor → it EXTRACTs the steam

It is extract + or: the fan over the stove that pulls the steam and the smell out of the kitchen.

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Practised in In the Kitchen

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extractor in the wild

  • A Soxhlet extractor is a piece of laboratory apparatus invented in 1879 by Franz von Soxhlet.

    Soxhlet extractor

  • A honey extractor is a mechanical device used in extraction of honey from honeycombs.

    Honey extractor

  • A honey extractor extracts the honey from the honey comb without destroying the comb.

    Honey extractor

  • The rim may serve a number of purposes, including providing a lip for the extractor to engage, and sometimes serving to headspace the cartridge.

    Rim (firearms)

  • Running on a compatible operating system, it does not need a suitable extractor in the target computer to extract the data.

    Self-extracting archive

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