Definition of "protuberance" [pro•tu•ber•ance]

• Something, such as a bulge, knob, or swelling, that protrudes. (noun)
• The condition of being protuberant. (noun)

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• "He's quite round in the shoulders; and yet so inconsistent are women that she calls a protuberance that resembles the letter C the line of beauty."
• "I guess a speed bump could be described as a protuberance?"
• "The interior of the protuberance, which is the fruiting part of the fungus, contains numerous black, flask-like structures whose tips reached the surface."