· 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"
Synonym(s): bulge, bump, hump, swelling, gibbosity, gibbousness, prominence, protuberance, protrusion, extrusion, excrescence
Hypernym(s): projection
· the act of projecting out from something
Synonym(s): protrusion, projection, jutting
Hypernym(s): change_of_shape
· extend out or project in space; "His sharp nose jutted out"; "A single rock sticks out from the cliff"
Synonym(s): stick_out, protrude, jut_out, project