Bill is really fighting the battle of the bulge.
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Bulge
//ˈbʌldʒ//
Synonyms for "bulge" (163 found)
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Closest matches (33)
Strong matches (49)
Related words (81)
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poppouchpoutprojectprojectionprotrusionprotuberanceprotuberateribridgeringround outrunning startshouldersomething extrasomething in reservespinestandstand outstartstickstick outstudstylesurgeswellswell outswellingtabtubercletuberculeupper handvantagevantage groundvantage pointverrucavesiclewalewartweltwhip handwing
Noun(14 words)
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10 entriesSynonyms
1 entriesderived
24 entriesShowing 16 of 24 words.
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5 entrieshas context
1 entriesis a
1 entriesmanner of
3 entriesrelated to
5 entriesTranslations
93 translations across 28 languages.
Albanian
2 entries- gufim noun (something sticking out)
- gufohem verb (to stick out from)
Azerbaijani
3 entries- qabarlıq noun (something sticking out)
- qabarıq noun (something sticking out)
- çıxıntı noun (something sticking out)
Bulgarian
4 entries- издатина noun (something sticking out)
- изпъкналост noun (something sticking out)
- издувам се verb (to stick out from)
- изпъквам verb (to stick out from)
Catalan
3 entries- bony noun (something sticking out)
- protuberància noun (something sticking out)
- sobresortir verb (to stick out from)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 隆起 noun (something sticking out)
- 鼓包 noun (something sticking out)
- 凸出 verb (to stick out from)
- 突出 verb (to stick out from)
Czech
3 entries- boule noun (something sticking out)
- výstupek noun (something sticking out)
- výčnělek noun (something sticking out)
Dutch
1 entries- bult noun (something sticking out)
Esperanto
1 entries- malglataĵo noun (something sticking out)
Finnish
4 entries- kohouma noun (something sticking out)
- pullistuma noun (something sticking out)
- pullistella verb (to stick out from)
- pullistua verb (to stick out from)
French
4 entries- bombement noun (something sticking out)
- bosse noun (something sticking out)
- protubérance noun (something sticking out)
- bomber verb (to stick out from)
Galician
4 entries- balume noun (something sticking out)
- bocho noun (something sticking out)
- cotobelo noun (something sticking out)
- cromello noun (something sticking out)
German
4 entries- Ausbuchtung noun (something sticking out)
- Beule noun (something sticking out)
- Delle noun (something sticking out)
- Wölbung noun (something sticking out)
Hebrew
1 entries- בליטה verb (to stick out from)
Hungarian
4 entries- dudor noun (something sticking out)
- kitüremkedés noun (something sticking out)
- kidudorodik verb (to stick out from)
- kitüremkedik verb (to stick out from)
Italian
4 entries- protuberanza noun (something sticking out)
- rigonfiamento noun (something sticking out)
- sporgenza noun (something sticking out)
- sporgere verb (to stick out from)
Japanese
3 entries- 出っ張り noun (something sticking out)
- 突き出る verb (to stick out from)
- 膨れる verb (to stick out from)
Korean
4 entries- 부루퉁이 noun (something sticking out)
- 뾰루지 noun (something sticking out)
- 혹 noun (something sticking out)
- 부르다 verb (to stick out from)
Latin
2 entries- protuberantia noun (something sticking out)
- prominere verb (to stick out from)
Māori
2 entries- riaki verb (to stick out from)
- whererei verb (to stick out from)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- تومسك noun (something sticking out)
Polish
1 entries- wypukłość noun (something sticking out)
Portuguese
4 entries- bojo noun (something sticking out)
- protuberância noun (something sticking out)
- saliência noun (something sticking out)
- protuberar verb (to stick out from)
Romanian
2 entries- protuberanță noun (something sticking out)
- umflătură noun (something sticking out)
Russian
4 entries- буго́р noun (something sticking out)
- вы́пуклость noun (something sticking out)
- вы́ступ noun (something sticking out)
- выдава́ться verb (to stick out from)
Spanish
4 entries- abultamiento noun (something sticking out)
- bulto noun (something sticking out)
- protuberancia noun (something sticking out)
- abultar verb (to stick out from)
Swedish
4 entries- bula noun (something sticking out)
- bälg noun (something sticking out)
- knöl noun (something sticking out)
- utbuktning noun (something sticking out)
Turkish
1 entries- tümsek noun (something sticking out)
Tày
1 entries- be verb (to stick out from)
Sample sentences
24 total sentences available.
The Germans suffered more than 100 000 casualties during the Battle of the Bulge.
Source: tatoeba (2324049)
She saw the bulge in his jeans.
Source: tatoeba (2324052)
He saw a bulge in his pocket.
Source: tatoeba (2324053)
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