Local English word record

protruding

adjective · 1 sense

extending out above or beyond a surface or boundary

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Examples

  • the jutting limb of a tree
  • massive projected buttresses
  • his protruding ribs
  • a pile of boards sticking over the end of his truck

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Synonyms

jutting, projected, projecting, relieved, sticking(p), sticking out(p)

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Princeton WordNet 3.0