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Meaning of JUTTING

Pronunciation:  j'uting

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  the act of projecting out from something
  2. [adj]  extending out above or beyond a surface or boundary; "the jutting limb of a tree"; "massive projected buttresses"; "his protruding ribs"; "a pile of boards sticking over the end of his truck"
 
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 Synonyms: jut, projected, projecting, projection, protruding, protrusion, protrusive, sticking out(p), sticking(p)
 
 See Also: change of shape

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Jut"ting\, a.
Projecting, as corbels, cornices, etc. -- {Jut"ting*ly}, adv.
 
Thesaurus Terms
 
 Related Terms: beetle, beetle-browed, beetling, bold, eminent, emissile, excrescent, excrescential, extruding, impendence, impendency, impendent, impending, incumbent, lowering, outstanding, overhang, overhanging, overhung, pending, prognathous, projecting, projection, prominent, protrudent, protruding, protrusile, protrusive, protuberant, protuberating, salient, superincumbent
 

 

 

 

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