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NOUN (2)

1. something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings;
- Example: "the gun in his pocket made an obvious bulge"
- Example: "the hump of a camel"
- Example: "he stood on the rocky prominence"
- Example: "the occipital protuberance was well developed"
- Example: "the bony excrescence between its horns"
[syn: bulge, bump, hump, swelling, gibbosity, gibbousness, jut, prominence, protuberance, protrusion, extrusion, excrescence]

2. squeezing out by applying pressure;
- Example: "an unexpected extrusion of toothpaste from the bottom of the tube"
- Example: "the expulsion of pus from the pimple"
[syn: extrusion, expulsion]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Extrusion \Ex*tru"sion\, n. The act of thrusting or pushing out; a driving out; expulsion. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

extrusion n 1: 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" [syn: bulge, bump, hump, swelling, gibbosity, gibbousness, jut, prominence, protuberance, protrusion, extrusion, excrescence] 2: squeezing out by applying pressure; "an unexpected extrusion of toothpaste from the bottom of the tube"; "the expulsion of pus from the pimple" [syn: extrusion, expulsion]