jut

Examples

• All

• Before a jut of rock hid them from sight, Reith looked back.

  Fiction book (1993)

• So much of that trail is thick-studded with juts of angularly fractured sandstone that nobody would dream of even walking there unshod.

  Fiction book (2001)

• But under a jut of rock, they found a hole slanting down into the island.

  Fiction book (1993)

• I admired the determined jut of her chin.

  Fiction book (1994)

• The North Fork is sort of like Cape Cod, a windswept jut of land surrounded on three sides by water and covered with history.

  Fiction book (1998)

• There was no mistaking the stubborn jut of Nina's chin.

  Fiction book (1999)

• Traz pressed Macho and Reith back behind the jut of rock.

  Fiction book (1993)

• With the utmost caution, Reith peered around a jut of rock into a chamber.

  Fiction book (1993)

• Ahead loomed a jut of rock: an ancient volcanic neck, so Reith surmised.

  Fiction book (1993)

• The cliff had a noticeable jut that provided a perfect viewpoint of the valley below.

Synonyms

P

projection

vsjut

7 4.6

A part that sticks out from a surface like a balcony

also means the action of extending outward rather than just the object

P

protrusion

vsjut

6 6.8

A part that sticks out from a surface

focuses on the outward feature rather than the condition of sticking out

E

extrusion

vsjut

1 8.1

A part that sticks out from a surface like a rock or bone

is the general term for an outward part without stressing protuberant form

O

outthrust

vsjut

• Specialized

1 8.9

A piece of rock that sticks out from a cliff or hill

is the general term for any outward extension not only rock or land

O

outfling

vsjut

• Archaic

9.9

A piece that sticks out from a surface, for example on a wall

emphasizes the act of extending outward rather than only the physical piece

Antonyms

I

indentation

13 3.7

A small dent in a surface that cutting or hitting causes

R

to recess

6 7.4

To make a hollow in a surface so something fits inside

How Far

overhang

15 5.1

protuberance

2 8.6

jut

2 6.5

bulge

42 3.2

bump

118 2.5

Surface Forms

Etymology