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Swelling (Noun)

Meaning 1

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.

Synonyms

  • Protrusion
  • Protuberance
  • Hump
  • Excrescence
  • Prominence
  • Gibbosity
  • Gibbousness
  • Jut
  • Extrusion
  • Bulge
  • Bump

Hypernyms

  • Projection

Hyponyms

  • Caput
  • Snag
  • Frontal Eminence
  • Occipital Protuberance
  • Belly
  • Nub
  • Wart
  • Mogul
  • Nubble

Meaning 2

An abnormal protuberance or localized enlargement.

Classification

Nouns denoting natural processes.

Synonyms

  • Lump
  • Puffiness

Hyponyms

  • Oedema
  • Hematocoele
  • Hydrops
  • Intumescency
  • Oscheocoele
  • Haematocele
  • Tumidness
  • Dropsy
  • Haematocoele

Related Words

  • Swell (verb)

Meaning 3

The increase in volume of certain substances when they are heated (often accompanied by release of water).

Classification

Nouns denoting natural processes.

Synonyms

  • Intumescency
  • Intumescence

Hypernyms

  • Chemical Process
  • Chemical Change
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