extrusive

1. 1.

   of rock material; forced out while molten through cracks in the earth's surface

   Antonymsintrusive

   Similarvolcanic

   geology

Questions about extrusive

What does extrusive mean?

extrusive means "of rock material; forced out while molten through cracks in the earth's surface".

How many syllables are in extrusive?

extrusive has 3 syllables: ex-tru-sive. The stress falls on "ex".

What is the opposite of extrusive?

The recorded antonyms are intrusive.

Is extrusive a common word?

extrusive is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.