noun
1. something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings
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the gun in his pocket made an obvious bulge
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the hump of a camel
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he stood on the rocky prominence
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the occipital protuberance was well developed
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the bony excrescence between its horns
• Syn:
↑bulge, ↑bump, ↑hump, ↑swelling, ↑gibbosity, ↑gibbousness, ↑jut, ↑prominence, ↑protuberance, ↑extrusion, ↑excrescence
• Derivationally related forms:
↑excrescent (for: ↑excrescence), ↑protrude, ↑protuberant (for: ↑protuberance), ↑protuberate (for: ↑protuberance), ↑gibbous (for: ↑gibbousness), ↑gibbous (for: ↑gibbosity), ↑hump (for: ↑hump), ↑bulgy (for: ↑bulge), ↑bulge (for: ↑bulge)
• Hypernyms: ↑projection
• Hyponyms:
2. the act of projecting out from something
• Syn: ↑projection, ↑jut, ↑jutting
• Hypernyms: ↑change of shape
Useful english dictionary. 2012.