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noun
A manufacturing process where a billet of material is pushed and/or drawn through a die to create a shaped rod, rail or pipe.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
An item formed by the process of extrusion.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
squeezing out by applying pressure
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: expulsion
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: squeeze, squeezing
noun
something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: bulge, bump, hump, swelling, gibbosity, gibbousness, jut, prominence, protuberance, protrusion, excrescence
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: projection
Narrower terms: frontal eminence, occipital protuberance, belly, caput, mogul, nub, nubble, snag, wart
History
Mid-16th century from Latin extrūdere, from ex- (“out”) + trūdere (“to thrust”).
Across languages
14 source translations are retained for this English entry.
