protuberance English

Meaning protuberance meaning

What does protuberance mean?

protuberance

— noun (= bulge, hump, prominence, excrescence) 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

— noun the condition of being protuberant; the condition of bulging out the protuberance of his belly

Synonyms protuberance synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as protuberance?

protuberance English » English

bump

swelling

lump

bulge

knob

projection

prominence

knot

protrusion

gnarl

excrescence

tuber

blister

ledge

jut

hump

gibbousness

gibbosity

tumour

tumor

protuberancy

node

nipple

extrusion

bulging

wen

tumescence

tuberosity

swell

stud

spur

sore

salience

rising

puff

prominentia

pimple

overhang

outgrowth

nodule

knee

jutting

joint

inflammation

hypertrophy

hunch

heap

fontanel

flower calyx

eminence