extrusive
About 0.09 uses per million words.
Meaning
- adjective Jutting out; extruding.
- adjective Of rocks: forced, while in a plastic or molten state, on to the Earth's surface to lie atop existing rocks.
- noun Rock which has been formed through volcanic extrusion.
Similar words
eruptive volcanic outjutting protrusive exsert extroverted outstanding prominent sticky-out effusive
Often followed by
rocks igneous and rock volcanic activity or luxation equivalent
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