'Protrusion' definitions:
Definition of 'protrusion'
From: WordNet
noun
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, jut, prominence, protuberance, protrusion, extrusion, excrescence]
noun
Definition of 'Protrusion'
From: GCIDE
- Protrusion \Pro*tru"sion\, n.
- 1. The act of protruding or thrusting forward, or beyond the usual limit. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The state of being protruded, or thrust forward. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'protrusion'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- bas-relief,
- bellying,
- boldness,
- bulge,
- bulging,
- bump,
- embossment,
- eminence,
- excrescence,
- excrescency,
- extrusion,
- gibbosity,
- gibbousness,
- high relief,
- jut,
- knob,
- low relief,
- lump,
- projection,
- prominence,
- protuberance,
- protuberancy,
- relief,
- salience,
- salient,
- swelling,
- tuberosity,
- tuberousness,
- tumescence