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protuberance
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protuberance in WordNet English dictionary
noun
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
the condition of being protuberant; the condition of bulging out
"the protuberance of his belly"
protuberance
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