English Explanatory Dictionary

extrusion

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A manufacturing process where a billet of material is pushed and/or drawn through a die to create a shaped rod, rail or pipe.
  2. An item formed by the process of extrusion.

Word forms

extrusion extrusions

Etymology

Mid-16th century from Latin extrūdere, from ex- (“out”) + trūdere (“to thrust”).

Related words

extrude

Derived words

coextrusion hydroextrusion microextrusion pultrusion
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