protuberance
/pɹəˈtjuː.bə.ɹəns//pɹəˈtuː.bɚ.əns/
protuberance noun: a bulge, knob, swelling, spine, or anything that protrudes.
Noun
protuberance (plural protuberances)
- A bulge, knob, swelling, spine, or anything that protrudes.
- For the most part they were small standard gauge 0-6-0 side tanks of the type illustrated, with long tapered chimneys and an unusual feature for the Continent in the shape of domeless boilers, the protuberance just behind the chimney being a sandbox.1941 August, “Notes and News: The Swiss South Eastern Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 376
- Oluanpi's lighthouse looks toward Lanyu, or Orchid Island, a tiny, rocky protuberance sixty-eight miles to the southeast and important because it is the home of the Yami, the smallest and most primitive tribe of aborigines in Taiwan.1979 November, Irene Corbally Kuhn, “Gourmet Holidays Taiwan”, in Gourmet, volume XXXIX, number 11, page 164
- Synonyms:
- bulge, bump, protrusion, tuberosity
protuberance meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Telugu
protuberance in Tamil
- கொப்புளம், புடைப்பு, முருடு, முனைப்பு, நீட்சி
protuberance in Urdu
- گمڑا, سوجن
protuberance in Bengali
- উঁচু অংশ, স্ফীতি
protuberance in Telugu
- protuberance
- గుబ్బ gubba
More languagesFewer languages
- protuberance in Malayalam
- മുഴ muḻa, മന്ത് mantŭ
- protuberance in Kannada
- ಉಬ್ಬಿಕೊಂಡಿರುವುದು, ಎದ್ದುಕಾಣುವಂತಿರುವುದು, ಊದಿಕೊಂಡಿರುವುದು, ಬುಗುಡು
- protuberance in Arabic
- نُتُوء nutūʔ, نَاتِئ nātiʔ
Examples of protuberance in a sentence
- Ever since their creation the Daleks have been attempting to conquer and enslave as much of the universe as they could get their grubby little protuberances on.1989, Ben Aaronovitch, Remembrance of the Daleks:
- Each has, at its top, a heavy protuberance studded with goopy biological sensors and rubbery openings, and, sprouting from the very cap, lengths of various kinds of vile, off-coloured moss.2019 April 10, qntm, “CASE HATE RED”, in There Is No Antimemetics Division, →ISBN, page 137:
Synonyms of protuberance
Forms of protuberance
| plural | protuberances |
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Origin of protuberance
From French protubérance, from Latin prōtubērantia (“bulge; protuberance”), from prō + tūber (“swelling; protuberance”) + -antia (“-ance”).
Words formed from protuberance
Questions about protuberance
- What does protuberance mean?
- Protuberance means a bulge, knob, swelling, spine, or anything that protrudes.
- What is protuberance in Tamil?
- Protuberance in Tamil is கொப்புளம், புடைப்பு, முருடு. See Protuberance meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use protuberance in a sentence?
- Ever since their creation the Daleks have been attempting to conquer and enslave as much of the universe as they could get their grubby little protuberances on.
- What part of speech is protuberance?
- Protuberance is a noun.
- How do you pronounce protuberance?
- Protuberance is pronounced /pɹəˈtjuː.bə.ɹəns/ (UK).
- What is the plural of protuberance?
- The plural of protuberance is protuberances.
Words near protuberance in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: protuberance (page history and authors); protuberance (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); protuberance (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); protuberance (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); గుబ్బ (Telugu) (page history and authors); മന്ത് (Malayalam) (page history and authors); protuberance (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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