1. Extend out in space
   "His sharp nose jutted out";
   - stick out, protrude, jut out, project

1. The act of projecting out from something
   "The jut of the cliff face made it ideal for rock climbing";
   - protrusion, projection, jutting
    
2. Something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings
   "The rock formation had an unusual jut near its peak";
   - bulge, bump, hump, swelling, gibbosity, gibbousness, prominence, protuberance, protrusion, extrusion, excrescence

Derived forms: juts, jutted, jutting

Type of: change of shape, exsert, extend, hold out, projection, put out, stretch forth, stretch out

Encyclopedia: Jut, Iran