Synonyms for extrusion
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Noun
1. Protrusion
protrusion, protuberance, bulge, swelling, bump, hump, prominence, jut, excrescence, gibbousness, gibbosity, projection
Definitions
- n. 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.
Related words
- Word family
- extrude
Forms
- Plural
- extrusions → protrusions, protuberances, bulges, swellings…
Example sentences
- swelling You may have swelling, but don't worry about it.
- bulge I noticed the bulge that appeared between his legs.
- protrusion I noticed a large protrusion from the wall.
- trailer That was just a trailer, the film is yet to come.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| extrusion | falling | |
| swelling | steady | |
| bulge | rising | |
| protrusion | steady | |
| protuberance | falling | |
| trailer | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- jut1
- 4 letters
- bump1, hump1
- 5 letters
- bulge1
- 7 letters
- trailer2
- 8 letters
- swelling2, ejection3
- 9 letters
- expulsion3, gibbosity
- 10 letters
- projection3, prominence3, protrusion
- 11 letters
- excrescence, gibbousness
- 12 letters
- protuberance4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (trailer2 = 2 syllables).