According to Guinness World Records, the largest collection of coffee pots belongs to Robert Dahl (Germany) and consists of 27,390 coffee pots as of 2 November 2012, in Rövershagen, Germany.
PROTRUSION
protrusion, projection, jut, jutting
(noun) the act of projecting out from something
bulge, bump, hump, swelling, gibbosity, gibbousness, jut, prominence, protuberance, protrusion, extrusion, excrescence
(noun) something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings; “the gun in his pocket made an obvious bulge”; “the hump of a camel”; “he stood on the rocky prominence”; “the occipital protuberance was well developed”; “the bony excrescence between its horns”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
protrusion (countable and uncountable, plural protrusions)
(uncountable) The act of protruding.
(uncountable) The state of being protruded.
(countable) Anything that protrudes.
Synonym: protuberance
Antonyms
• indentation
Source: Wiktionary
Pro*tru"sion, n.
1. The act of protruding or thrusting forward, or beyond the usual limit.
2. The state of being protruded, or thrust forward.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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