beef-extract

  • 1beef extract — noun : an extract of the soluble constituents of beef or beef blood used to stimulate gastric secretion compare beef tea * * * a soluble paste of beef or beef blood extracts. * * * beef extract, an extract of beef or beef juices, used to make… …

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  • 2Beef Extract Room — est un film américain muet et en noir et blanc sorti en 1901. Portail du cinéma américain Catégories : Film sorti en 1901Film muetFilm en noir et blanc …

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  • 3beef extract — a soluble paste of beef or beef blood extracts. * * * …

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  • 4extract — [ek strakt′, ikstrakt′; ] for n. [ eks′trakt΄] vt. [ME extracten < L extractus, pp. of extrahere, to draw out < ex , out + trahere, to DRAW] 1. to draw out by effort; pull out [to extract a tooth, to extract a promise from someone] 2. to… …

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  • 5Extract — Ex tract , n. 1. That which is extracted or drawn out. [1913 Webster] 2. A portion of a book or document, separately transcribed; a citation; a quotation. [1913 Webster] 3. A decoction, solution, or infusion made by dissolving out from any… …

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  • 6beef tea — n. a drink made from beef extract or by boiling lean strips of beef …

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  • 7beef tea — noun an extract of beef (given to people who are ill) • Syn: ↑Bovril • Hypernyms: ↑infusion, ↑extract * * * noun : a beverage prepared by extracting finely cut lean beef with hot water or by dissolving commercial beef extract in boiling water… …

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  • 8beef — Synonyms and related words: Brahman, Indian buffalo, air a grievance, altercation, amperage, arm, armipotence, aurochs, authority, avoirdupois, beef cattle, beef extract, beef tea, beefiness, beefing, beeves, bellyache, bellyaching, bickering,… …

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  • 9extract — extractable, extractible, adj. extractability, extractibility, n. v. /ik strakt / or, esp. for 5, /ek strakt/; n. /ek strakt/, v.t. 1. to get, pull, or draw out, usually with special effort, skill, or force: to extract a tooth. 2. to deduce (a… …

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  • 10extract — ex•tract v. [[t]ɪkˈstrækt[/t]] n. [[t]ˈɛk strækt[/t]] v. t. 1) to pull or draw out, usu. with special effort: to extract a tooth[/ex] 2) to draw forth; educe: to extract information[/ex] 3) to derive; obtain: extracted satisfaction from her… …

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