jut

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Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

noun something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings
noun the act of projecting out from something
verb extend out or project in space

From Middle English jutten (“to project, jut out”), an alteration of jetten (“to strut, be showy”). More at English jet.

He rounded the jut of the rock and came upon a portion of the path that broadened somewhat. — The People of the Black Circle, Robert E. (Robert Ervin) Howard
Rocks, huge and picturesque, jut out into the stream, affording beautiful views of the river and the distant city. — McGuffey's Fifth Eclectic Reader, William Holmes McGuffey
On the southern, or Lawnmarket side, a block of building juts out, and makes a division in the Court. — Footsteps of Dr. Johnson (Scotland), George Birkbeck Norman Hill

bulge, bump, hump, swelling, gibbosity, gibbousness, prominence, protuberance, protrusion, extrusion, excrescence

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