protuberance
protuberance · protuberances
выступ, выпуклость, бугорок
Protuberanz, Vorsprung, Schwellung, Hervortreten
A bulge, knob, swelling, spine, or anything that protrudesA bulge, knob, swelling, spine, or anything that protrudes.
UK/pɹəˈtjuː.bə.ɹəns/US/pɹəˈtuː.bɚ.əns/
» The horn-like protuberances giraffes have on the top of their heads are called ossicones.
Meaning
1 sensesA bulge, knob, swelling, spine, or anything that protrudes.
Protuberanz, Vorsprung, Schwellung
вы́ступvýstup, вы́пуклостьvýpuklostʹ, бугоро́кbugorók
More definitions
- the condition of being protuberant; the condition of bulging out
- something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings
Examples
2 sentencesThe horn-like protuberances giraffes have on the top of their heads are called ossicones.
Apparently, in some toad species, to have a protuberance on their backs was more advantageous than to have a smooth back.
Translations
7 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
Something that protrudes:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
Something that protrudes:
Origin
From French protubérance, from Latin prōtubērantia (“bulge; protuberance”), from prō + tūbFrom French protubérance, from Latin prōtubērantia (“bulge; protuberance”), from prō + tūber (“swelling; protuberance”) + -antia (“-ance”).
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Forms
plural: protuberances| Singular | protuberance |
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Synonyms
12 synonymsClose in meaning
- something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings:bulgebumphumpswellinggibbositygibbousnessjutprominence