Definition of protuberance

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Definition of protuberance

  • something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings (noun)

    Examples

    1. the occipital protuberance was well developed

    Synonyms

    1. bulge
    2. bump
    3. excrescence
    4. extrusion
    5. gibbosity
    6. gibbousness
    7. hump
    8. jut
    9. prominence
    10. protrusion
    11. swelling
  • the condition of being protuberant; the condition of bulging out (noun)

    Examples

    1. the protuberance of his belly

See definition of protuberance in Merriam Webster