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- Dictionarypro·tu·ber·ant/prəˈto͞ob(ə)rənt/
adjective
- 1. protruding; bulging: "his protuberant eyes fluttered open"
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The meaning of PROTUBERANT is thrusting out from a surrounding or adjacent surface often as a rounded mass : prominent. How to use protuberant in a sentence.
In the sagittal section the thorax will be narrow and the abdomen protuberant, a configuration that has given rise to the expression 'champagne-cork appearance'. Epipleura roundly protuberant, shining, with several setae. The fish has a pointed snout with protuberant lips encircling a small mouth.
If something is protuberant, it juts or bulges out, like Santa Claus's famously protuberant belly. You might find your small dog adorable, with her flat nose and protuberant eyes, while your brother prefers the family cat.
Definition of protuberant adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Protuberant eyes, lips, noses, or teeth stick out more than usual from the face.
To swell or jut out; to bend outward, as a wall when it yields to pressure; to be protuberant; as, the wall bulges. He bought an obese tobacco jar blazoned with the arms of his college and, similarly blazoned, a protuberant utensil for matches.
protuberant is a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin protuberant-, protuberans.
Protuberant eyes, lips, noses, or teeth stick out more than usual from the face.
PROTUBERANT meaning: sticking out from a surface usually with a curved or rounded shape
Define protuberant. protuberant synonyms, protuberant pronunciation, protuberant translation, English dictionary definition of protuberant. adj. Swelling outward; bulging. pro·tu′ber·ant·ly adv. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
