Protrusion Common

Origin: Latin suffix -sion

Protrusion has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Definitions

Noun

something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings

"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"

bulge bump hump swelling gibbosity gibbousness jut prominence protuberance protrusion extrusion excrescence

the act of projecting out from something

protrusion projection jut jutting

The act of protruding.

Example Sentences

"the gun in his pocket made an obvious bulge" noun

"the hump of a camel" noun

"he stood on the rocky prominence" noun

"the occipital protuberance was well developed" noun

"the bony excrescence between its horns" noun