abstracts
nounUK /ˈæbstrækts/
US /ˈæbstrækts/
Short summaries of longer pieces of writing.
The journal publishes abstracts of all its research articles online.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. Ideas or qualities that exist in thought rather than as physical things.
Love and justice are abstracts that people talk about but cannot touch.
3. Pieces of art that use shapes and colors instead of showing real things.
The gallery displayed abstracts by several modern painters.
4. Takes something away or removes it.
The new law abstracts water from the river for farming.