Definition of Gibbosity in English :

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Meaning of Gibbosity in English

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Gibbosity

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Noun

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

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

Example Sentences:
'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'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Gibbosity

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noun plural -ties rare
1. 
the state of being gibbous
2. biology
a bulge or protuberance

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Gibbosity

see synonyms of gibbosity
noun
1. 
the state or quality of being gibbous
2. Word forms: plural gibˈbosities
a swelling or protuberance

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Gibbosity

see synonyms of gibbosity
n. pl. gib·bos·i·ties
1. The condition of being gibbous.
2. A rounded hump or protuberance.

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