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English noun: protuberance | |||
| 1. | protuberance (shape) something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings | ||
| Samples | 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. | ||
| Synonyms | bulge, bump, excrescence, extrusion, gibbosity, gibbousness, hump, jut, prominence, protrusion, swelling | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | projection | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | belly, caput, frontal eminence, mogul, nub, nubble, occipital protuberance, snag, wart | ||
| 2. | protuberance (state) the condition of being protuberant; the condition of bulging out | ||
| Samples | The protuberance of his belly. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | condition, status | ||
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