| a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare. |
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
extrude (ɪkˈstruːd) ![]() | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | (tr) to squeeze or force out |
| 2. | (tr) to produce (moulded sections of plastic, metal, etc) by ejection under pressure through a suitably shaped nozzle or die |
| 3. | (tr) to chop up or pulverize (an item of food) and re-form it to look like a whole: a factory-made rod of extruded egg |
| 4. | a less common word for protrude |
| [C16: from Latin extrūdere to thrust out, from trūdere to push, thrust] | |
| ex'truded | |
| —adj | |
extrude (ɪkˈstruːd) ![]() | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | (tr) to squeeze or force out |
| 2. | (tr) to produce (moulded sections of plastic, metal, etc) by ejection under pressure through a suitably shaped nozzle or die |
| 3. | (tr) to chop up or pulverize (an item of food) and re-form it to look like a whole: a factory-made rod of extruded egg |
| 4. | a less common word for protrude |
| [C16: from Latin extrūdere to thrust out, from trūdere to push, thrust] | |
| ex'truded | |
| —adj | |
extrude ex·trude (ĭk-str&oomacr;d')
v. ex·trud·ed, ex·trud·ing, ex·trudes
To thrust, force, or press out.
To protrude or project.