extruder

noun

ex·​trud·​er ik-ˈstrü-dər How to pronounce extruder (audio)
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 There’s also an extruder tool for kids to design the ponies’ manes and tails. Laura Lu, Parents, 9 Sep. 2024 Put dough-paste into a rudimentary extruder: a cylinder with a bottom of perforated metal. Chantha Nguon, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Feb. 2024 In setting, put a spool of filament on the holder, and feed it into the extruder. PCMAG, 30 Apr. 2024 The extruder melted thousands of tiny black pellets into a viscous goo. August Brown, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for extruder 

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Word History

Etymology

extrude + -er entry 2

First Known Use

1857, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of extruder was in 1857

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“Extruder.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/extruder. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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