Noun: protrusion prow'troo-zhun [N. Amer], pru'troo-zhun [Brit]
- Something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings
"the gun in his pocket made an obvious protrusion";
- bulge, bump, hump, swelling, gibbosity, gibbousness, jut, prominence, protuberance, extrusion, excrescence
- The act of projecting out from something
"The protrusion of the cliff face made it ideal for rock climbing";
- projection, jut, jutting
Derived forms: protrusions
Type of: change of shape, projection
Encyclopedia: Protrusion