protuberance
Plural: protuberances
Noun
- something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings
- "the occipital protuberance was well developed"
- the condition of being protuberant; the condition of bulging out
- "the protuberance of his belly"
- A bulge, knob, swelling, spine, or anything that protrudes.
Origin / Etymology
From French protubérance, from Latin prōtubērantia (“bulge; protuberance”), from prō + tūber (“swelling; protuberance”) + -antia (“-ance”).
Synonyms
bulge, bump, excrescence, extrusion, gibbosity, gibbousness, hump, jut, prominence, protrusion, swelling, tuberosity
Scrabble Score: 18
protuberance: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordprotuberance: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
protuberance: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary