Noun: protuberance prow't(y)oo-bu-run(t)s [N. Amer], pru'tyoo-bu-run(t)s [Brit]
- Something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings
"the occipital protuberance was well developed";
- bulge, bump, hump, swelling, gibbosity, gibbousness, jut, prominence, protrusion, extrusion, excrescence
- The condition of being protuberant; the condition of bulging out
"the protuberance of his belly"
Derived forms: protuberances
Type of: condition, projection, status
Encyclopedia: Protuberance