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
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
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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
While the first layer is going down, the H2S is monitoring the filament coming out of the extruder and automatically adjusting things like pressure advance to get an ideal adhesion.
—PC Magazine, 22 Nov. 2025
In the same vein as a Play-Doh hair salon toy, an extruder works by using an auger tool to push the dough through one of the interchangeable shaping disks.
—Alexis Berger, Bon Appetit Magazine, 9 May 2025
Food extruders, which have been producing breakfast cereals, pasta, snacks, and pet foods for decades, use high pressures and temperatures to squeeze a doughy mixture through a tube.
—IEEE Spectrum, 2 June 2018
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New Atlas, 11 Dec. 2025
While the first layer is going down, the H2S is monitoring the filament coming out of the extruder and automatically adjusting things like pressure advance to get an ideal adhesion.
—PC Magazine, 22 Nov. 2025
In the same vein as a Play-Doh hair salon toy, an extruder works by using an auger tool to push the dough through one of the interchangeable shaping disks.
—Alexis Berger, Bon Appetit Magazine, 9 May 2025
Food extruders, which have been producing breakfast cereals, pasta, snacks, and pet foods for decades, use high pressures and temperatures to squeeze a doughy mixture through a tube.
—IEEE Spectrum, 2 June 2018
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“Extruder.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/extruder. Accessed 17 Dec. 2025.
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