Dictionary Definition
protuberance
Noun
1 something that bulges out or is protuberant or
projects from a form [syn: bulge, bump, hump, gibbosity, gibbousness, jut, prominence, protrusion, extrusion, excrescence]
2 the condition of being protuberant; the
condition of bulging out; "the protuberance of his belly"
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Quotations
- 1989 — Ben Aaronovitch, Remembrance of the Daleks
- Ever since their creation the Daleks have been attempting to conquer and enslave as much of the universe as they could get their grubby little protuberances on.
Translations
- German: Protuberanz
- Spanish: protuberancia
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
bas-relief, bellying, boldness, bulge, bulging, embossment, eminence, excrescence, excrescency, extrusion, feel, finish, gibbosity, gibbousness, grain, granular texture, high
relief, indentation,
jut, knub, low relief, nap, nub, pile, pit, pock, projection, prominence, protrusion, protuberancy, relief, salience, salient, shag, structure, surface, surface texture,
texture, tuberosity, tuberousness, wale, weave, woof