1. protuberance - 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"
Synonym(s): bulge, bump, hump, swelling, gibbosity, gibbousness, jut, prominence, protrusion, extrusion, excrescence
Hypernym(s): projection
2. protuberance - noun
· the condition of being protuberant; the condition of bulging out; "the protuberance of his belly"
Hypernym(s): condition, status
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