Noun: extrusion ik'stroo-zhun or ek'stroo-zhun
- Squeezing out by applying pressure
"an unexpected extrusion of toothpaste from the bottom of the tube";
- expulsion
- Something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings
"A strange extrusion appeared on the tree trunk";
- bulge, bump, hump, swelling, gibbosity, gibbousness, jut, prominence, protuberance, protrusion, excrescence
Derived forms: extrusions
Type of: projection, squeeze, squeezing
Encyclopedia: Extrusion