Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: extrusion
IPA transcription: [ɪkstɹ'uʒən]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: extrusion, expulsion
    Meaning: squeezing out by applying pressure; "an unexpected extrusion of toothpaste from the bottom of the tube"; "the expulsion of pus from the pimple"
  • Synonyms: bulge, bump, hump, swelling, gibbosity, gibbousness, jut, prominence, protuberance, protrusion, extrusion, excrescence
    Meaning: something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings; "the gun in his pocket made an obvious bulge"; "the hump of a camel"; "he stood on the rocky prominence"; "the occipital protuberance was well developed"; "the bony excrescence between its horns"
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