protuberance meaning and definition

PROTUBERANCE noun

Definition of protuberance (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"
   • synonyms: bulge, bump, excrescence, extrusion, gibbosity, gibbousness, hump, jut, prominence, protrusion, swelling
2. the condition of being protuberant; the condition of bulging out
   • "the protuberance of his belly"