Protrusion
/pɹəˈtɹuːʒən/ noun
noun ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The act of protruding. uncountable
"The tortoise, with its characteristic protrusion of the head and neck, was a symbol sacred to Venus. It represented the procreative principle."
- 2 the act of projecting out from something wordnet
- 3 The state of being protruded. uncountable
"A reduction in growth was accompanied by protrusion of the calyx."
- 4 something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings wordnet
- 5 Anything that protrudes. countable
Example
More examples"What is that protrusion? Is something hidden behind the curtain?"
Etymology
From French protrusion.