promontory

noun

A high ridge of land or rock jutting out into a body of water; a headland.

noun

A projecting part.

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A high point of land or rock projecting into the sea beyond the line of coast; a headland.

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In anatomy, a prominent or protuberant part; a prominence, eminence, or protuberance.

Resembling a promontory; high; projecting.

noun

A high point of land or rock projecting into the sea beyond the line of coast; a headland; a high cape.

noun

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.

noun

A high point of land extending into a body of water, headland; cliff.

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a natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea)