extrusion

Noun
  1. Something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings (synset 113917127)
    "the gun in his pocket made an obvious bulge"; "the hump of a camel"; "he stood on the rocky prominence"; "the occipital protuberance was well developed"; "the bony excrescence between its horns"
    is a type of: projection - any solid convex shape that juts out from something
    subtypes:
    • frontal eminence - either prominence of the frontal bone above each orbit
    • occipital protuberance - prominence on the outer surface of the occipital bone
    • belly - a part that bulges deeply
    • caput - a headlike protuberance on an organ or structure
    • mogul - a bump on a ski slope
    • nub, nubble - a small lump or protuberance
    • snag - a sharp protuberance
    • wart - any small rounded protuberance (as on certain plants or animals)
    same as: bulge, bump, excrescence, gibbosity, gibbousness, hump, jut, prominence, protrusion, protuberance, swelling
  2. Squeezing out by applying pressure (synset 100359528)
    "an unexpected extrusion of toothpaste from the bottom of the tube"; "the expulsion of pus from the pimple"
    is a type of: squeeze, squeezing - the act of gripping and pressing firmly
    same as: expulsion

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