EGAVE

umbo

About 0.09 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun The boss of a shield, at or near the middle and usually projecting, sometimes in a sharp spike.
  2. noun A boss, or rounded elevation, or a corresponding depression, in a palate, disk, or membrane. An inward projection of the tympanic membrane of the ear. One of the lateral prominences just above the hinge of a bivalve shell. A bump or protrusion on the cap of a mushroom or toadstool.
  3. noun An inward projection of the tympanic membrane of the ear.
  4. noun One of the lateral prominences just above the hinge of a bivalve shell.
  5. noun A bump or protrusion on the cap of a mushroom or toadstool.

Similar words

incurved boss bossing top banana superboss bouncer grandboss guardian boss button big boy

Often followed by

of and to is in at or prominent swollen

Word family

umbonal umbonate umbones umbos

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