protuberance
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protuberance
- /pɹəˈtjuː.bə.ɹəns/ UK
- /pɹəˈtuː.bɚ.əns/ US
Where it comes from
From French protubérance, from Latin prōtubērantia (“bulge; protuberance”), from prō + tūber (“swelling; protuberance”) + -antia (“-ance”).
noun protuberances
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A bulge, knob, swelling, spine, or anything that protrudes.
For the most part they were small standard gauge 0-6-0 side tanks of the type illustrated, with long tapered chimneys and an unusual feature for the Continent in the shape of domeless boilers, the protuberance just behind the chimney being a sandbox.
Similar: bulge, bump, protrusion, tuberosity
Translations
Every language
noun Something that protrudes
| Español | protuberancia |
|---|---|
| Português | protuberância, saliência |
| Français | saillie, protubérance |
| Deutsch | Protuberanz, Vorsprung, Schwellung, Hervortreten, Auswuchs, Hervorschwellung |
| Italiano | protuberanza |
| Русский | вы́ступ výstup, вы́пуклость výpuklostʹ, бугоро́к bugorók |
| العربية | نُتُوء nutūʔ, نَاتِئ nātiʔ |
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