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

Not so with the Philips, although this is nearly universal for extruders. —Alexis Berger, Bon Appetit Magazine, 9 May 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

The extruder/hot end can reach 300 degrees C (572 degrees F), which allows the A1 to use PLA, PETG, TPU, and PVA filaments. —PC Magazine, 5 Apr. 2025

Just open a spring latch on the extruder (hot end) and pull the current hot end out, inserting the replacement in its place. —PC Magazine, 5 Apr. 2025

Word History

Etymology

extrude + -er entry 2

First Known Use

1857, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for extruder

• intruder
• brooder
• cruder
• ruder