promontory

promontory is a 10-letter English word with 3 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A high point of land or rock projecting into the sea beyond the line of coast; a headland; a high cape. Face value is 17 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

10 letters · Scrabble 17 · Words With Friends 19 · 3 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A high point of land or rock projecting into the sea beyond the line of coast; a headland; a high cape.
2. noun. A projecting part. Especially: (a) The projecting angle of the ventral side of the sacrum where it joins the last lumbar vertebra. (b) A prominence on the inner wall of the tympanum of the ear.
3. noun. a natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea)

   Synonyms: foreland, head, headland

Synonyms

foreland, head, headland

Common word forms

promontoried, promontories

Words from these letters

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