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promontories

promontories is the plural of promontory.

Meaning of promontory

Noun

promontory (plural promontories)

  1. A high point of land extending into a body of water, headland; cliff.
    • Leaving behind us the town at the bottom of its deep bay, we set out to explore a bluff-headed parallelogramical promontory, bounded by Thurso Bay on the one hand, and Murkle Bay on the other, and which presents to the open sea, in the space that stretches between, an undulating line of iron-bound...1857, Hugh Miller, The Cruise of the Betsey
    Synonyms:
    cliff, headland, hoe, bluff
  2. A projection on the sacrum.
  3. A rounded elevation in the tympanum of the ear.

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Questions about promontories

What is promontories the plural of?
Promontories is the plural of promontory.

Words near promontories in the dictionary

  1. promonopoly
  2. promont
  3. promontoria
  4. promontorial
  5. promontoried
  6. promontories
  7. promontorium
  8. promontoriums
  9. promontory
  10. Promontory Point
  11. promonts

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