Bulge (Noun)
Meaning
Something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings; "the gun in his pocket made an obvious bulge"; "the hump of a camel"; "he stood on the rocky prominence"; "the occipital protuberance was well developed"; "the bony excrescence between its horns".
Classification
Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes.
Examples
- The large tumor on her arm was a noticeable bulge under her sleeve.
- The wallet in his back pocket created a bulge that was visible from across the room.
- The hikers had to navigate around the rocky bulge that jutted out from the mountain.
- The unusual bulge on the tree trunk was actually a beehive.
- The athlete's muscles created a bulge under his tight-fitting shirt.
Synonyms
- Protrusion
- Protuberance
- Hump
- Excrescence
- Prominence
- Gibbosity
- Gibbousness
- Jut
- Extrusion
- Swelling
- Bump