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protuberance

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protuberance in WordNet English dictionary

noun
  1. something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings
    "the gun in his pocket made an obvious bulge"; "the hump of a camel"; "he stood on the rocky prominence"; "the occipital protuberance was well developed"; "the bony excrescence between its horns"
    bulge  bump  hump  swelling  gibbosity  gibbousness  jut  prominence  protuberance  protrusion  extrusion  excrescence 
  2. the condition of being protuberant; the condition of bulging out
    "the protuberance of his belly"
    protuberance 
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