jut
Something that sticks outSomething that sticks out.
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» The balcony juts out over the street.
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1 sensesSomething that sticks out.
1999, Stardust, Neil Gaiman, page 3 (2001 Perennial Edition). The town of Wall stands today as it has stood for six hundred years, on a high jut of granite amidst a small forest woodland.
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the act of projecting out from something
Examples
5 sentencesThe balcony juts out over the street.
Carve it so that the tip will jut out from the wall.
His chin juts out so far you could almost put a place setting on it.
Triangular shapes jut from the building, and a prow dangles over a busy downtown street.
Europe is not really a continent; it juts westward out of Eurasia, the continent, as India juts southward out thereof.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English jutten (“to project, jut out”), an alteration of jetten (“to strut, beFrom Middle English jutten (“to project, jut out”), an alteration of jetten (“to strut, be showy”). More at English jet.
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Forms
plural: jutsSynonyms
14 synonyms- the act of projecting out from something:protrusionprojectionjutting
- something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings:bulgebumphumpswellinggibbositygibbousnessprominenceprotuberance
See also
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