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[ adjective ] extending out above or beyond a surface or boundary

Examples

"the jutting limb of a tree" "massive projected buttresses" "his protruding ribs" "a pile of boards sticking over the end of his truck"

Used in print

(Edward Streeter, The Chairman of the Bored....)

Without further discussion he appeared the next morning with a pile of boards sticking over the end of his light truck and proceeded with the paneling , which he then stained and waxed according_to his taste .

Related terms

protrusive

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