Protuberance Common

Origin: Latin suffix -ance

Protuberance 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 condition of being protuberant; the condition of bulging out

"the protuberance of his belly"

protuberance

A bulge, knob, swelling, spine or anything that protrudes.

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

"the protuberance of his belly" noun