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Definition of promontory - 5 dictionary results

prom⋅on⋅to⋅ry

  [prom-uhn-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee]
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–noun, plural -ries.
1. a high point of land or rock projecting into the sea or other water beyond the line of coast; a headland.
2. a bluff, or part of a plateau, overlooking a lowland.
3. Anatomy. a prominent or protuberant part.
Origin:
1540–50; < L prōmontorium, prōmunturium, of unclear derivation
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prom·on·to·ry   (prŏm'ən-tôr'ē, -tōr'ē)   
n.   pl. prom·on·to·ries

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

  2. Anatomy A projecting part.


[Latin prōmontorium, alteration (influenced by mōns, mont-, mount) of prōmunturium, probably from prominēre, to jut out; see prominent.]
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Word Origin & History

promontory 
1548, from M.L. promontorium, altered (by influence of L. mons "mount, hill") from L. promunturium "mountain ridge, headland," probably related to prominere "jut out" (see prominent).
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: prom·on·to·ry
Pronunciation: 'präm-&n-"tOr-E, -"tor-
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -ries
: a bodily prominence: as a : the angle of the ventral side of the sacrum where it joins the vertebra b : a prominence on the inner wall of the tympanum of theear
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Medical Dictionary

promontory prom·on·to·ry (prŏm'ən-tôr'ē)
n.
A projecting part.

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