 extrusion |
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| 1. | [ noun ] something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from a form | |
| Synonyms: | bulge protuberance protrusion gibbousness gibbosity jut prominence hump excrescence bump | |
| Related terms: | projection spur wart nub occipital_protuberance frontal_eminence belly mogul caput snag bulge protrude hunch bulge | |
| 2. | [ noun ] squeezing out by applying pressure | |
| Synonyms: | expulsion | |
| Examples: | "an unexpected extrusion of toothpaste from the bottom of the tube" "the expulsion of pus from the pimple" |
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| Related terms: | squeeze extrude | |
| Similar spelling: |
extrusive extraction extroversion extraversion extrinsic extrication extradition extrude |
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