Jutting

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  • adjective. Projecting, as corbels, cornices, etc.
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  • verb. Present participle of jut.
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  • adjective. extending out above or beyond a surface or boundary
  • noun. the act of projecting out from something
  • Word Usage
    "Our final stop — though the photographer was clearly just getting warmed up a couple of hours into our tour of his old stomping grounds — was the remnants of the Maspeth Bridge, these days little more than some ancient wooden sticks jutting from the fetid waters."
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    jut