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extruction

extruction noun: a building up; a construction.

Noun

extruction (usually uncountable, plural extructions)

  1. (obsolete, usually) A building up; a construction.
    • [O]f Famous Temples of the Romans, their Palaces, Baths, Theatres, and Buildings of all kindes, vve meet unqueſtionably vvith the Ruines in every part of this Kingdome; but not ſo much as vvith the leaſt pieces of broken Craggs, of the extruction of the Danes in any place thereof, vvhich can juſtly...1665, John Webb, A Vindication of Stone-Heng Restored: […], London: […] R[alph] Davenport for Tho[mas] Bassett, […], →OCLC, page 232

Forms of extruction

pluralextructions

Origin of extruction

Latin exstructio.

Questions about extruction

What does extruction mean?
Extruction means a building up; a construction.
What part of speech is extruction?
Extruction is a noun.
What is the plural of extruction?
The plural of extruction is extructions.

Words near extruction in the dictionary

  1. extroverts
  2. extrovillous
  3. extruct
  4. extructed
  5. extructing
  6. extruction
  7. extructions
  8. extructive
  9. extructor
  10. extructors
  11. extructs

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