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noun
A bulge, knob, swelling, spine, or anything that protrudes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: bulge, bump, protrusion, tuberosity
Antonyms: none provided
noun
something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: bulge, bump, hump, swelling, gibbosity, gibbousness, jut, prominence, protrusion, extrusion, excrescence
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: projection
Narrower terms: frontal eminence, occipital protuberance, belly, caput, mogul, nub, nubble, snag, wart
noun
the condition of being protuberant; the condition of bulging out
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: condition, status
History
From French protubérance, from Latin prōtubērantia (“bulge; protuberance”), from prō + tūber (“swelling; protuberance”) + -antia (“-ance”).
Across languages
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