Extrusion Moderate

Origin: Latin suffix -sion

Extrusion has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Definitions

Noun

something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings

"the gun in his pocket made an obvious bulge"

"the hump of a camel"

"he stood on the rocky prominence"

"the occipital protuberance was well developed"

"the bony excrescence between its horns"

bulge bump hump swelling gibbosity gibbousness jut prominence protuberance protrusion extrusion excrescence

squeezing out by applying pressure

"an unexpected extrusion of toothpaste from the bottom of the tube"

"the expulsion of pus from the pimple"

extrusion expulsion

A manufacturing process where a billet of material is pushed and/or drawn through a die to create a shaped rod, rail or pipe.

"The factory upgraded its extrusion line to produce aluminum pipes for the new construction project more efficiently."

Example Sentences

"the gun in his pocket made an obvious bulge" noun

"the hump of a camel" noun

"he stood on the rocky prominence" noun

"the occipital protuberance was well developed" noun

"the bony excrescence between its horns" noun

"an unexpected extrusion of toothpaste from the bottom of the tube" noun

"the expulsion of pus from the pimple" noun