Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Something, such as a bulge, knob, or swelling, that protrudes.
- noun The condition of being protuberant.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A swelling or tumor on the body; a prominence; a bunch or knob; anything swelled or pushed beyond the surrounding or adjacent surface; on the surface of the earth, a bill, knoll, or other elevation; specifically, in anatomy and zoology, a protuberant part; a projection or prominence; a tuberosity: as, a bony protuberance. See cut under
conjugation . - noun See the adjectives.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun That which is protuberant swelled or pushed beyond the surrounding or adjacent surface; a swelling or tumor on the body; a prominence; a bunch or knob; an elevation.
- noun (Astron.) certain rose-colored masses on the limb of the sun which are seen to extend beyond the edge of the moon at the time of a solar eclipse. They may be discovered with the spectroscope on any clear day. Called also
solar prominences . SeeIllust. in Append.
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- noun A
bulge ,knob ,swelling ,spine or anything thatprotrudes .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings
- noun the condition of being protuberant; the condition of bulging out
Etymologies
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Examples
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He's quite round in the shoulders; and yet so inconsistent are women that she calls a protuberance that resembles the letter C the line of beauty.
Willy Reilly The Works of William Carleton, Volume One William Carleton 1831
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I guess a speed bump could be described as a protuberance?
Wake Up and Smell the Trees: Speed Bumps Ahead BikeSnobNYC 2010
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The interior of the protuberance, which is the fruiting part of the fungus, contains numerous black, flask-like structures whose tips reached the surface.
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L The age of the dag is known by its horns: the firft year exhibits only a dmrt protuberance, which is covered with a hairy ftin; tk next year the horns are diaight and dngle; the third year producd two antlers, the fourth three, the fifth four j and, when, arrived at the fixth year, the antlers amount to fix or feven on, each fide, bal the number is not always certain,.
An historical, geographical, commercial, and philosophical view of the American United States 1795
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That protuberance which is next the tip holds it on.
Colonial Children 1902
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But feeling a kind of protuberance on its head, he blew the feathers apart, and behold! the head of a pin!
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It is very probable that he seats himself upon the little square block or protuberance which is seen in a corner of the main compartment when the doors are open.
The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 4 Edgar Allan Poe 1829
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The species, known by the name of the _Double-headed-snake_, has not two heads, but is equally thick before and behind; and, like some caterpillars, furnished with a kind of protuberance at its tail, which, to a superficial observer, may pass for another head.
Letters on the Nicobar islands, their natural productions, and the manners, customs, and superstitions of the natives with an account of an attempt made by the Church of the United Brethren, to convert them to Christianity Johann Gottfried Haensel 1797
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I don't care if it's him blasting "load after sticky load" from his "throbbing manhood" or her "twizzling goop" from her shemale "protuberance;" hot sex scenes need a beginning, a middle, and a goddamn happy ending.
Jeff Klima: The Seven Habits of Highly Effective Love Scenes Jeff Klima 2011
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The second is metaphorical: "a protuberance of flesh above the waistband of a tight pair of trousers."
Jean Fain, L.I.C.S.W., M.S.W.: Love Your Muffin Top Jean Fain 2011
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