Associations to the word «Extrusive»

Wiktionary

EXTRUSIVE, adjective. Jutting out; extruding.
EXTRUSIVE, noun. (geology) Rock which has been formed through volcanic extrusion.

Dictionary definition

EXTRUSIVE, adjective. Of rock material; forced out while molten through cracks in the earth's surface.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats