protrusion

Noun

• the act of projecting out from something

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

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  projection , jut , jutting