bump
noun [C] (RAISED AREA) /bʌmp/Definition
C1 a round, raised area on a surface or on the body: Her bicycle hit a bump in the road and threw her off. Tim had a nasty bump on his head from when he'd fallen over.Swellings and lumps
(Definition of bump noun (RAISED AREA) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- angry adjective (PAINFUL)
- bloated adjective (SWOLLEN)
- excrescence noun
- ganglion noun
- goitre noun
- growth noun
- inflamed adjective
- inflammatory adjective (SWELLING)
- lump noun (IN THE BODY)
- node noun (LUMP)
- nodule noun
- polyp noun (GROWTH)
- protuberance noun
- puffy adjective
- stone noun (ROCK)
- swollen adjective
- swollen verb
- tumescent adjective
- turgid adjective (SWOLLEN)
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