What is that protrusion? Is something hidden behind the curtain?
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Protrusion
//pɹəˈtɹuːʒən//
Synonyms for "protrusion" (46 found)
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Related words (23)
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61 translations across 11 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- نَاتِئَة noun (anything that protrudes)
Armenian
1 entries- արտամղում noun (the act of protruding)
Bulgarian
3 entries- издаденост noun (anything that protrudes)
- изпъкналост noun (anything that protrudes)
- стърчене noun (the act of protruding)
Finnish
4 entries- kohouma noun (anything that protrudes)
- kumpu noun (anything that protrudes)
- nyppylä noun (anything that protrudes)
- nysty noun (anything that protrudes)
French
1 entries- protubérance noun (anything that protrudes)
German
4 entries- Ausbeulen noun (the state of being protruded)
- Ausbuchten noun (the state of being protruded)
- Ausbuchung noun (anything that protrudes)
- Beule noun (anything that protrudes)
Hungarian
4 entries- dudor noun (anything that protrudes)
- duzzanat noun (the state of being protruded)
- előboltosulás noun (the act of protruding)
- előboltosulás noun (the state of being protruded)
Irish
1 entries- starr noun (anything that protrudes)
Russian
3 entries- вы́ступ noun (anything that protrudes)
- выпира́ние noun (the act of protruding)
- выпя́чивание noun (the act of protruding)
Slovak
2 entries- vyčnievanie noun (the state of being protruded)
- výčnelok noun (anything that protrudes)
Ukrainian
1 entries- ви́ступ noun (anything that protrudes)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
I noticed a large protrusion from the wall.
Source: tatoeba (10153638)
The tortoise, with its characteristic protrusion of the head and neck, was a symbol sacred to Venus. It represented the procreative principle.
Source: wiktionary
A reduction in growth was accompanied by protrusion of the calyx.
Source: wiktionary
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