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

At its core, the Max 4 combines a massive build volume with a high-temperature extruder, a heated bed, and an actively heated chamber designed for high-temperature materials such as ABS, ASA, nylon, and carbon-fiber composites. — Michael Lydick, PC Magazine, 15 Aug. 2026

To safely test the technique, researchers modified an extruder and spheronizer for remote operation within LLNL’s High Explosives Applications Facility. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 10 July 2026

His group was presenting the third iteration of their SME, short for shredder, molder, extruder. — Shelley Jones, Chicago Tribune, 4 May 2026

Bissinger’s once purchased an automatic caramel extruder producing 10 times faster than hand-cutting. — Lilian Raji, Forbes.com, 1 Feb. 2026

Word History

Etymology

extrude + -er entry 2

First Known Use

1857, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for extruder

• intruder
• brooder
• cruder
• ruder