promontory

promontory is a   Noun

Definition:

[1] A high point of land or rock projecting into the sea beyond the line of coast; a headland; a high cape. Like one that stands upon a promontory. Shak.

[2] A projecting part. Especially: (a) The projecting angle of the ventral side of the sacrum where it joins the last lumbar vertebra.

[3] A prominence on the inner wall of the tympanum of the ear.

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