an abnormal protuberance or localized enlargement

[ Syn: puffiness , puffiness , lump , lump ]

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

[ Syn: bulge , bump , hump , gibbosity , gibbousness , jut , prominence , protuberance , protrusion , extrusion , excrescence ]

the increase in volume of certain substances when they are heated (often accompanied by release of water)

[ Syn: intumescence , intumescency ]