Definition of promontory in English:

promontory

nounPlural promontories ˈprɒm(ə)nt(ə)riˈprɑmənˌtɔri

1A point of high land that juts out into the sea or a large lake; a headland.
a rocky promontory
Example sentencesExamples
- Both ponds were divided from the lake by a low promontory of land that encircled them.
- You leave the cliffs and promontories and blue sea gulfs behind, and corkscrew inland, past the roadside shrines with their solitary icons and flickering candles.
- This promontory, overlooking the narrow neck joining the peninsula to the mainland, constituted a protected yet strategic location.
- The dark shapes that smudged the even line of the ocean were mountains, or perhaps promontories, riding high and magnificent upon the vastness of the water.
- Regardless of how you get there, it is worth making a trip to the island's capital, which is built on a promontory that projects dramatically out into the sea.
- Imagine a hooked promontory jutting from the cliffs, but submerged 10m.
- From the tip of the headland you are treated to a view of more unblemished promontories dotted along the coast.
- Strategically situated on a rocky promontory with an adjacent natural harbor, it was called Cabo Corso, or short cape, by the Portuguese.
- The castle was perched atop a promontory jutting from the foothill of a steep, ice-stained mountain whose angular cliffs rose tier after tier to a single high bluff of bare rock.
- The house sits on a rocky promontory at the southern tip of Kata beach, one of the best on the island.
- You have to read your tides right - otherwise you could find yourself stranded on the rocky causeway that connects the promontory to the mainland.
- It was hard to tell which eagle-eyed member of the crew spotted the stranded paddler waving at us from a rocky promontory.
- The Oyster Residence is a seven-bedroom eco-retreat perched on a rocky promontory and surrounded by a pine forest that comes all the way down to the shores of the eastern Mediterranean.
- If you want to be independent, go to any promontory, headland or peninsula that has deep water close inshore and allows you to stand on a cliff a good height above water level.
- The Inn is built high on a rocky promontory that looks over Chesterman Beach, and the sheer acreage of windows in this cedar-and-glass structure makes it ideal for its winter attraction - storm-watching.
- The cavalry stopped just short of bow range from the rocky promontory, and the women prepared for a ground assault.
- I beached it in a small bay and clambered to a rocky promontory to admire the surrounding grandeur and check my progress.
- Survivors of the burning of Panama City in 1671 rebuilt a walled bastion on a rocky promontory to the west.
- They walked for a distance over the rough hillside and then came to a halt on a promontory which loomed out over the ravine.
- A coastal path climbs spectacularly over a rocky promontory and brings you to L' Estagnol, where you will find a sheltered sandy cove.
Synonyms
headland, point, cape, head, foreland, horn, spit, hook, bill, ness, naze, peninsula
bluff, cliff, precipice, prominence, projection, overhang, height, ridge, spur
Scottish mull
2Anatomy
A protuberance on an organ or other bodily structure.
Example sentencesExamples
- Clearance of the obstruction showed that the tympanic membrane was compressed against the promontory.
- Facial nerve paralysis is caused by compression of the nerve against the sacral promontory or by trauma resulting from the use of forceps during delivery.
- These motions push the posterior shoulder over the sacral promontory, allowing it to fall into the hollow of the sacrum, and rotate the symphysis over the impacted shoulder.
- Less commonly, shoulder dystocia results from impaction of the posterior shoulder on the sacral promontory.

Origin

Mid 16th century: from Latin promontorium, variant (influenced by mons, mont- 'mountain') of promunturium.

Rhymes

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Definition of promontory in US English:

promontory

nounˈprɑmənˌtɔriˈprämənˌtôrē

1A point of high land that juts out into a large body of water; a headland.
a rocky promontory
Example sentencesExamples
- The castle was perched atop a promontory jutting from the foothill of a steep, ice-stained mountain whose angular cliffs rose tier after tier to a single high bluff of bare rock.
- The dark shapes that smudged the even line of the ocean were mountains, or perhaps promontories, riding high and magnificent upon the vastness of the water.
- This promontory, overlooking the narrow neck joining the peninsula to the mainland, constituted a protected yet strategic location.
- Imagine a hooked promontory jutting from the cliffs, but submerged 10m.
- Survivors of the burning of Panama City in 1671 rebuilt a walled bastion on a rocky promontory to the west.
- You leave the cliffs and promontories and blue sea gulfs behind, and corkscrew inland, past the roadside shrines with their solitary icons and flickering candles.
- Regardless of how you get there, it is worth making a trip to the island's capital, which is built on a promontory that projects dramatically out into the sea.
- They walked for a distance over the rough hillside and then came to a halt on a promontory which loomed out over the ravine.
- The Oyster Residence is a seven-bedroom eco-retreat perched on a rocky promontory and surrounded by a pine forest that comes all the way down to the shores of the eastern Mediterranean.
- From the tip of the headland you are treated to a view of more unblemished promontories dotted along the coast.
- Strategically situated on a rocky promontory with an adjacent natural harbor, it was called Cabo Corso, or short cape, by the Portuguese.
- If you want to be independent, go to any promontory, headland or peninsula that has deep water close inshore and allows you to stand on a cliff a good height above water level.
- The cavalry stopped just short of bow range from the rocky promontory, and the women prepared for a ground assault.
- I beached it in a small bay and clambered to a rocky promontory to admire the surrounding grandeur and check my progress.
- The Inn is built high on a rocky promontory that looks over Chesterman Beach, and the sheer acreage of windows in this cedar-and-glass structure makes it ideal for its winter attraction - storm-watching.
- The house sits on a rocky promontory at the southern tip of Kata beach, one of the best on the island.
- Both ponds were divided from the lake by a low promontory of land that encircled them.
- It was hard to tell which eagle-eyed member of the crew spotted the stranded paddler waving at us from a rocky promontory.
- A coastal path climbs spectacularly over a rocky promontory and brings you to L' Estagnol, where you will find a sheltered sandy cove.
- You have to read your tides right - otherwise you could find yourself stranded on the rocky causeway that connects the promontory to the mainland.
Synonyms
headland, point, cape, head, foreland, horn, spit, hook, bill, ness, naze, peninsula
1. 1.1Anatomy A prominence or protuberance on an organ or other structure in the body.
  Example sentencesExamples
  These motions push the posterior shoulder over the sacral promontory, allowing it to fall into the hollow of the sacrum, and rotate the symphysis over the impacted shoulder.
  Facial nerve paralysis is caused by compression of the nerve against the sacral promontory or by trauma resulting from the use of forceps during delivery.
  Less commonly, shoulder dystocia results from impaction of the posterior shoulder on the sacral promontory.
  Clearance of the obstruction showed that the tympanic membrane was compressed against the promontory.

Origin

Mid 16th century: from Latin promontorium, variant (influenced by mons, mont- ‘mountain’) of promunturium.

单词	promontory
释义	Definition of promontory in English: promontory nounPlural promontories ˈprɒm(ə)nt(ə)riˈprɑmənˌtɔri 1A point of high land that juts out into the sea or a large lake; a headland. a rocky promontory Example sentencesExamples Both ponds were divided from the lake by a low promontory of land that encircled them. You leave the cliffs and promontories and blue sea gulfs behind, and corkscrew inland, past the roadside shrines with their solitary icons and flickering candles. This promontory, overlooking the narrow neck joining the peninsula to the mainland, constituted a protected yet strategic location. The dark shapes that smudged the even line of the ocean were mountains, or perhaps promontories, riding high and magnificent upon the vastness of the water. Regardless of how you get there, it is worth making a trip to the island's capital, which is built on a promontory that projects dramatically out into the sea. Imagine a hooked promontory jutting from the cliffs, but submerged 10m. From the tip of the headland you are treated to a view of more unblemished promontories dotted along the coast. Strategically situated on a rocky promontory with an adjacent natural harbor, it was called Cabo Corso, or short cape, by the Portuguese. The castle was perched atop a promontory jutting from the foothill of a steep, ice-stained mountain whose angular cliffs rose tier after tier to a single high bluff of bare rock. The house sits on a rocky promontory at the southern tip of Kata beach, one of the best on the island. You have to read your tides right - otherwise you could find yourself stranded on the rocky causeway that connects the promontory to the mainland. It was hard to tell which eagle-eyed member of the crew spotted the stranded paddler waving at us from a rocky promontory. The Oyster Residence is a seven-bedroom eco-retreat perched on a rocky promontory and surrounded by a pine forest that comes all the way down to the shores of the eastern Mediterranean. If you want to be independent, go to any promontory, headland or peninsula that has deep water close inshore and allows you to stand on a cliff a good height above water level. The Inn is built high on a rocky promontory that looks over Chesterman Beach, and the sheer acreage of windows in this cedar-and-glass structure makes it ideal for its winter attraction - storm-watching. The cavalry stopped just short of bow range from the rocky promontory, and the women prepared for a ground assault. I beached it in a small bay and clambered to a rocky promontory to admire the surrounding grandeur and check my progress. Survivors of the burning of Panama City in 1671 rebuilt a walled bastion on a rocky promontory to the west. They walked for a distance over the rough hillside and then came to a halt on a promontory which loomed out over the ravine. A coastal path climbs spectacularly over a rocky promontory and brings you to L' Estagnol, where you will find a sheltered sandy cove. Synonyms headland, point, cape, head, foreland, horn, spit, hook, bill, ness, naze, peninsula bluff, cliff, precipice, prominence, projection, overhang, height, ridge, spur Scottish mull 2Anatomy A protuberance on an organ or other bodily structure. Example sentencesExamples Clearance of the obstruction showed that the tympanic membrane was compressed against the promontory. Facial nerve paralysis is caused by compression of the nerve against the sacral promontory or by trauma resulting from the use of forceps during delivery. These motions push the posterior shoulder over the sacral promontory, allowing it to fall into the hollow of the sacrum, and rotate the symphysis over the impacted shoulder. Less commonly, shoulder dystocia results from impaction of the posterior shoulder on the sacral promontory. Origin Mid 16th century: from Latin promontorium, variant (influenced by mons, mont- 'mountain') of promunturium. Rhymes commentary Definition of promontory in US English: promontory nounˈprɑmənˌtɔriˈprämənˌtôrē 1A point of high land that juts out into a large body of water; a headland. a rocky promontory Example sentencesExamples The castle was perched atop a promontory jutting from the foothill of a steep, ice-stained mountain whose angular cliffs rose tier after tier to a single high bluff of bare rock. The dark shapes that smudged the even line of the ocean were mountains, or perhaps promontories, riding high and magnificent upon the vastness of the water. This promontory, overlooking the narrow neck joining the peninsula to the mainland, constituted a protected yet strategic location. Imagine a hooked promontory jutting from the cliffs, but submerged 10m. Survivors of the burning of Panama City in 1671 rebuilt a walled bastion on a rocky promontory to the west. You leave the cliffs and promontories and blue sea gulfs behind, and corkscrew inland, past the roadside shrines with their solitary icons and flickering candles. Regardless of how you get there, it is worth making a trip to the island's capital, which is built on a promontory that projects dramatically out into the sea. They walked for a distance over the rough hillside and then came to a halt on a promontory which loomed out over the ravine. The Oyster Residence is a seven-bedroom eco-retreat perched on a rocky promontory and surrounded by a pine forest that comes all the way down to the shores of the eastern Mediterranean. From the tip of the headland you are treated to a view of more unblemished promontories dotted along the coast. Strategically situated on a rocky promontory with an adjacent natural harbor, it was called Cabo Corso, or short cape, by the Portuguese. If you want to be independent, go to any promontory, headland or peninsula that has deep water close inshore and allows you to stand on a cliff a good height above water level. The cavalry stopped just short of bow range from the rocky promontory, and the women prepared for a ground assault. I beached it in a small bay and clambered to a rocky promontory to admire the surrounding grandeur and check my progress. The Inn is built high on a rocky promontory that looks over Chesterman Beach, and the sheer acreage of windows in this cedar-and-glass structure makes it ideal for its winter attraction - storm-watching. The house sits on a rocky promontory at the southern tip of Kata beach, one of the best on the island. Both ponds were divided from the lake by a low promontory of land that encircled them. It was hard to tell which eagle-eyed member of the crew spotted the stranded paddler waving at us from a rocky promontory. A coastal path climbs spectacularly over a rocky promontory and brings you to L' Estagnol, where you will find a sheltered sandy cove. You have to read your tides right - otherwise you could find yourself stranded on the rocky causeway that connects the promontory to the mainland. Synonyms headland, point, cape, head, foreland, horn, spit, hook, bill, ness, naze, peninsula 1.1Anatomy A prominence or protuberance on an organ or other structure in the body. Example sentencesExamples These motions push the posterior shoulder over the sacral promontory, allowing it to fall into the hollow of the sacrum, and rotate the symphysis over the impacted shoulder. Facial nerve paralysis is caused by compression of the nerve against the sacral promontory or by trauma resulting from the use of forceps during delivery. Less commonly, shoulder dystocia results from impaction of the posterior shoulder on the sacral promontory. Clearance of the obstruction showed that the tympanic membrane was compressed against the promontory. Origin Mid 16th century: from Latin promontorium, variant (influenced by mons, mont- ‘mountain’) of promunturium.
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