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 , swelling , gibbosity , gibbousness , prominence , protuberance , protrusion , extrusion , excrescence ]

the act of projecting out from something

[ Syn: protrusion , projection , jutting ]

extend out or project in space; His sharp nose jutted out; A single rock sticks out from the cliff

[ Syn: stick out , protrude , jut out , project ]