I.
noun
1 passage from a book/piece of music
ADJECTIVE
▪ brief , short
▪ long
VERB + EXTRACT
▪ read ( esp. BrE )
▪ publish ( esp. BrE )
EXTRACT + VERB
▪ be from , be taken from
▪
The ~ is taken from a long essay.
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ from
▪
He read out a brief ~ from his book.
2 substance taken from another substance
ADJECTIVE
▪ natural
▪
conditioners made from natural plant ~s
▪ herbal
▪ green tea , malt , meat , plant , root , yeast , etc.
▪ almond , vanilla (both AmE ) ( almond, etc. essence in BrE )
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ of
▪
~ of apricot
II.
verb
Extract is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ cell , ↑ concession , ↑ confession , ↑ gold , ↑ information , ↑ juice , ↑ mineral , ↑ oil , ↑ ore , ↑ plutonium , ↑ promise , ↑ sap , ↑ silver , ↑ tooth