Meanings
plural protrusions
- uncountableThe act of protruding.
The tortoise, with its characteristic protrusion of the head and neck, was a symbol sacred to Venus. It represented the procreative principle.
1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 235 - uncountableThe state of being protruded.
A reduction in growth was accompanied by protrusion of the calyx.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAnything that protrudes.
More synonyms by meaning
nounsomething that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Frenchprotrusion
- Englishprotrusion
From French protrusion.
More words from French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic نَاتِئَة
- نَاتِئَة (nātiʔa)anything that protrudes
Bulgarian стърчене, издаденост
- стърчене (stărčene)the act of protruding
- издаденост (izdadenost)anything that protrudes
- изпъкналост (izpăknalost)anything that protrudes
Finnish kohouma, nysty
- kohoumaanything that protrudes
- nystyanything that protrudes
- nystyräanything that protrudes
- pattianything that protrudes
- kumpuanything that protrudes
- nyppyläanything that protrudes
French protubérance
- protubéranceanything that protrudes
German Herausragen, Heraustreten
- Herausragenthe act of protruding
- Heraustretenthe act of protruding
- Vorstehenthe act of protruding
- Ausbeulenthe state of being protruded
- Vorstülpenthe state of being protruded
- Hervortreibenthe state of being protruded
- Beulenthe state of being protruded
- Ausbuchtenthe state of being protruded
- Treibenthe state of being protruded
- Heraustreibenthe state of being protruded
- Vorsprunganything that protrudes
- Schwellunganything that protrudes
Hungarian kidudorodás, kidülledés
- kidudorodásthe act of protruding
- kidülledésthe act of protruding
- kinyúlásthe act of protruding
- kiemelkedésthe act of protruding
- kitüremkedésthe act of protruding
- kiszögellésthe act of protruding
- előboltosulásthe act of protruding
- kiemelkedésthe state of being protruded
- kiszögellésthe state of being protruded
- kidudorodásthe state of being protruded
- kinyúlásthe state of being protruded
- kidülledésthe state of being protruded
Irish starr
- starranything that protrudes
Russian выпира́ние, выпя́чивание
- выпира́ние (vypiránije)the act of protruding
- выпя́чивание (vypjáčivanije)the act of protruding
- вы́ступ (výstup)anything that protrudes
Slovak vyčnievanie, výčnelok
- vyčnievaniethe state of being protruded
- výčnelokanything that protrudes
Ukrainian ви́ступ
- ви́ступ (výstup)anything that protrudes
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with protrusion
Cite this entry
protrusion. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/protrusion
“protrusion.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/protrusion. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “protrusion,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/protrusion.
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