extruder

noun

ex·​trud·​er ik-ˈstrü-dər 

plural extruders

: someone or something that extrudes something

specifically : a machine that shapes material by forcing it through a specially designed opening

a pasta extruder

There are recipes too, and for those who don't have a sausage extruder at home (who doesn't?) some of the sausages don't require casings.

—Karon Liu

[Zak] Wilson brought a 3-D printer, and … he concedes that watching the extruder swing back and forth, depositing tiny bits of material with each pass, is "maybe not a terrible analogy for our stay here."

—Tom Kizzia

Examples of extruder in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Inside the nozzle, molten polymer streams merge from parallel extruders before deposition. —Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 22 Jan. 2026

Its FibreSeeker 3 desktop machine uses a dual-extruder system that works with continuous fibers and comes with the necessary slicing software to make and print parts that are way stronger than conventional 3D printers' results, at a fraction of the price. —New Atlas, 11 Dec. 2025

Bambu Lab states that the servo motor in the H2S extruder delivers up to 22 pounds of force with an impressive 20KHz positioning accuracy. —PC Magazine, 22 Nov. 2025

The filament can cause excess wear on fine brass-tip extruders. —Bestreviews, Mercury News, 14 Nov. 2025

Word History

Etymology

extrude + -er entry 2

First Known Use

1857, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for extruder

• intruder
• brooder
• cruder
• ruder