Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

extrusion

/ɪkstɹˈuʒən/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.76 in modern English

Syllables: ex-tru-sion
IPA: /ɪkstɹˈuʒən/

16

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A manufacturing process where a billet of material is pushed and/or drawn through a die to create a shaped rod, rail or pipe.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

An item formed by the process of extrusion.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A process through which a virus leaves its host cell by fusing with that cell's plasma membrane.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

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

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: extrūdere

Usage

Inflected Forms

extrusions (plural)

Derived Forms

coextrusion extrusome hydroextrusion microextrusion pultrusion

Frequently Paired Words

extrude

Synonyms

expulsion bulge bump hump swelling gibbosity gibbousness jut prominence protuberance protrusion excrescence

Rhymes With

conclusion confusion inclusion fusion illusion exclusion collusion intrusion diffusion delusion infusion transfusion

Questions

How do you pronounce extrusion?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɪkstɹˈuʒən/.
What does extrusion mean?: A manufacturing process where a billet of material is pushed and/or drawn through a die to create a shaped rod, rail or pipe.
Where does extrusion come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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