protrusion

About 0.74 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun The act of protruding.
2. noun The state of being protruded.

   A reduction in growth was accompanied by protrusion of the calyx.

3. noun Anything that protrudes.

Similar words

jut projection jutting bump protuberance bulge hump gibbosity gibbousness prominence

Often followed by

of and is in or on at from may

Word family

protrusions