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jut

DEFINITIONS OF: jut

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v extend out or project in space

“His sharp nose jutted out”
Synonyms:
jut out, project, protrude, stick out
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overhang
project over
push up, thrust
push upward
spear, spear up
thrust up like a spear
bag, bulge
bulge out; form a bulge outward, or be so full as to appear to bulge
cantilever
project as a cantilever
protuberate
form a rounded prominence

n something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings

Synonyms:
bulge, bump, excrescence, extrusion, gibbosity, gibbousness, hump, prominence, protrusion, protuberance, swelling
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frontal eminence
either prominence of the frontal bone above each orbit
occipital protuberance
prominence on the outer surface of the occipital bone
belly
a part that bulges deeply
caput
a headlike protuberance on an organ or structure
mogul
a bump on a ski slope
nub, nubble
a small lump or protuberance
snag
a sharp protuberance
wart
any small rounded protuberance (as on certain plants or animals)
Type of:
projection
any solid convex shape that juts out from something

n the act of projecting out from something

Synonyms:
jutting, projection, protrusion
Type of:
change of shape
an action that changes the shape of something
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