English Explanatory Dictionary

extrusive

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Jutting out; extruding.
  2. Of rocks: forced, while in a plastic or molten state, on to the Earth's surface to lie atop existing rocks.
noun
  1. Rock which has been formed through volcanic extrusion.

Word forms

extrusive more extrusive most extrusive extrusives

Synonyms

effusive

Related words

extrude extrusion detrusive intrusive protrusive retrusive
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