Other Definitions
promontory (dict)

Promontory

• A promontory is a prominent mass of land which overlooks lower lying land or a body of water (e.g., a peninsula or headland).
• In anatomy, a promontory is a projecting part. Especially: (a) the projecting angle of the ventral side of the sacrum where it joins the last lumbar vertebra; (b) a prominence on the inner wall of the tympanum of the ear.
• The first Transcontinental Railroad in North America—constructed simultaneously beginning from the west coast (Sacramento, California) and from the more populated east (starting in Omaha, Nebraska)—was joined at Promontory, Utah, near Promontory Summit, north of the Great Salt Lake.
• A place called Promontory Point, Utah is on Promontory Point, a cape jutting out into the Great Salt Lake.

<< Previous Word Browser Next >>
baltasar garzn malta in the eurovision song contest kajukenbo parihaka apollonius of rhodes steve strange the great race (rowing) iso 3166 2:2003 09 05 temporal bone high court of australia red rabbit	chemometrics polynomial long division list of judges of the high court of australia tiendas kress lasithi leap year starting on monday simeon bar yohai ichthyothere bob flanagan myrtos haunted house	pyrgos sukhoi su 35 promontory, utah kempston star ferry adyar mangalagiri central and western district la chapelle moulire kumari madame ngo dinh nhu	the roaches franois hdelin, abb d'aubignac berkshire hathaway lewis mumford locarno maggia river intervision song contest breakeven valle maggia alexandre hardy plantar wart