outthrust

[ verb, adjective out-thruhst; noun out-thruhst ]
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verb (used with or without object),out·thrust, out·thrust·ing.
  1. to thrust out or extend.

adjective
  1. thrust or extended outward: a friendly, outthrust hand.

noun
  1. something that thrusts or extends outward: an outthrust of the building.

Origin of outthrust

1
Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; see origin at out-, thrust

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How to use outthrust in a sentence

  • His gaze turned across the Gulf to a tongue of land outthrusting from the long purple reach of Vancouver Island.

    Poor Man's Rock | Bertrand W. Sinclair