Definitions for protuberance

Definitions for (noun) protuberance

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: protuberance

Definition: the condition of being protuberant; the condition of bulging out

Usage: the protuberance of his belly


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