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# promontory

«promontory» in Mova's school dictionary: **A high point of land or rock that sticks out into the sea…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a promontory, promontories)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A high point of land or rock that sticks out into the sea or a lake; a headland. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/promontory/#m1)

2) (science, body) A part of the body that sticks out, a bump on a bone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/promontory/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In geography lessons it is a coastal landform shaped by waves; in stories castles and lighthouses often stand on a promontory. Phrases: «a rocky promontory», «on the promontory», «a promontory overlooking the sea».

### examples

- The lighthouse stands on a rocky promontory. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/promontory/#x1)
- We walked out to the end of the promontory to watch seals. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/promontory/#x2)
- Waves slowly wear away the soft rock around a promontory. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/promontory/#x3)
- Tintagel Castle was built on a promontory in Cornwall. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/promontory/#x4)
- From the promontory we could see both bays. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/promontory/#x5)
- The ruined fort stood on a promontory high above the sea. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/promontory/#x6)
- "I saw it when it was part of the castle of Marck Stig on the promontory. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/promontory/#x7)

### note

Countable: promontory, promontories (y becomes ies). Similar words: headland, cape, point. Stress: PROM-on-tree (UK), PROM-on-tor-ee (US).

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «promontory» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/promontory/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.