protuberance
/prəˈtjuːb(ə)r(ə)ns
/noun
1A thing that protrudes from something else: some dinosaurs evolved protuberances on top of their heads...
- Some of their protuberances project close to a metre above what can be vaguely discerned as the original road surface.
- It has very few bumps or protuberances, and the surface has as mirror-like a sheen as you can get from white plastic.
- The ridges form irregularly situated protuberances that house hollow spines usually 0.05-0.06 mm wide and up to 0.12 mm long.
Synonyms
bump, lump, knob, hump, jut, projection, prominence, protrusion, overhang, eminence, ledge, shelf, ridge, swelling, bulge, excrescence, outgrowth, growth, carbuncle
rare tumescence, intumescence, tumefaction
1.1 [mass noun] The fact or state of protruding: the large size and protuberance of the incisors...
- The placoderms and chondrichthyans both show at least some capsular protuberance of the braincase, but the braincase is a single, undivided mass, whether or not ossified.
Synonyms
sticking out, jutting, projection, projecting, obtrusion, obtruding, prominence, protrusion;
swelling, bulging
rare tumescence, tumefaction
