Protrusion

//pɹəˈtɹuːʒən// noun

noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 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. 2
    the act of projecting out from something wordnet
  3. 3
    The state of being protruded. uncountable

    "A reduction in growth was accompanied by protrusion of the calyx."

  4. 4
    something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings wordnet
  5. 5
    Anything that protrudes. countable

Synonyms

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bulgeprotuberancebas reliefbas-reliefbellyingboldness

Example

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"What is that protrusion? Is something hidden behind the curtain?"

Etymology

From French protrusion.

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