What is "protuberance" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does protuberance mean in English? Meaning of protuberance definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "protuberance" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "protuberance": something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings

Noun

  • Meaning: something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings
  • Example: 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
  • Synonyms: bulge bump excrescence extrusion gibbosity gibbousness hump jut prominence protrusion protuberance swelling
  • Hyponyms: belly caput frontal eminence mogul nub nubble occipital protuberance snag wart
  • Hypernyms: projection
  • Pronunciation in US: /pɹoʊˈtuːbəɹəns/

    Pronunciation in UK: /pɹəʊˈtjuːbəɹəns/

    Meaning of "protuberance": the condition of being protuberant; the condition of bulging out

    Noun

  • Meaning: the condition of being protuberant; the condition of bulging out
  • Example: the protuberance of his belly
  • Synonyms: protuberance
  • Hypernyms: condition status
  • Pronunciation in US: /pɹoʊˈtuːbəɹəns/

    Pronunciation in UK: /pɹəʊˈtjuːbəɹəns/

    Synonyms:

    knob, protrusion, process, projection, bulge, swelling, prominence, jutting, tumor, bump, excrescence, jut, outthrust,

    Antonyms:

    depression, sinkage, ingrowth,

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