Word: extractors
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: e
xtrac
tors
Definition: A set of pipes fitted to the exhaust ports of an automotive engine, designed to increase its power output (essentially by altering gas pressures to get more fuel through it). []
Morphemes:
Affix: extract
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: Something that is extracted or drawn out.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: extractum
Language: la
Decoded: extractum
PoS: Noun
Meaning: extract (apothecarial)
Affix: -or
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Creates an agent noun, indicating a person who does something.
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form the plurals of numerals, letters, some abbreviations and some nouns, usually because the omission of an apostrophe would make the meaning unclear or ambiguous.