promontory
noun
[ ˈprɒm(ə)nt(ə)ri ]
• a point of high land that juts out into the sea or a large lake; a headland.
• "a rocky promontory"
Similar:
headland,
point,
cape,
head,
foreland,
horn,
spit,
hook,
bill,
ness,
naze,
peninsula,
bluff,
cliff,
precipice,
prominence,
projection,
overhang,
height,
ridge,
spur,
mull,
• a protuberance on an organ or other bodily structure.
Origin:
mid 16th century: from Latin promontorium, variant (influenced by mons, mont- ‘mountain’) of promunturium .
