Protuberance - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |prəʊˈtuːbərəns|  American pronunciation of the word protuberance
Brit.  |prəˈtjuːb(ə)r(ə)ns|  British pronunciation of the word protuberance

noun

- something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings (syn: bulge, bump, excrescence, extrusion, gibbosity, hump, jut, prominence, protrusion, swelling)
the occipital protuberance was well developed
- the condition of being protuberant; the condition of bulging out
the protuberance of his belly

Extra examples

...the tree trunk had several mossy protuberances where branches had once grown...

This dinosaur is recognizable by the protuberance on the top of its head.

Word forms

noun
singular: protuberance
plural: protuberances
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