Main entry: protrusion, projection, jut, jutting
Definition: the act of projecting out from something
Main entry: protrusion, protuberance, prominence, hump, gibbosity, gibbousness, jut, excrescence, extrusion, bulge, bump, swelling
Definition: something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings
Usage: the gun in his pocket made an obvious bulge; the hump of a camel; he stood on the rocky prominence; the occipital protuberance was well developed; the bony excrescence between its horns
Main entry: protrude, project, stick out, jut, jut out
Definition: extend out or project in space
Usage: His sharp nose jutted out; A single rock sticks out from the cliff