Promontory

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A high ridge of land or rock jutting out into a body of water; a headland.
  • n. Anatomy A projecting part.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A high point of land extending into a body of water, headland; cliff.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n.
  • n. A high point of land or rock projecting into the sea beyond the line of coast; a headland; a high cape.
  • n. A projecting part. Especially: (a) The projecting angle of the ventral side of the sacrum where it joins the last lumbar vertebra. (b) A prominence on the inner wall of the tympanum of the ear.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A high point of land or rock projecting into the sea beyond the line of coast; a headland.
  • n. In anatomy, a prominent or protuberant part; a prominence, eminence, or protuberance.
  • Resembling a promontory; high; projecting.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea)
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    elevation    natural elevation   
    Hyponym
    Abyla    Gibraltar    Cape Sable    Cape Canaveral    Calpe   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    headland   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    headland    peninsula    escarpment    plateau    bluff   
     
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