Definition of Promontory
a high point of rock or land that juts into a source of water
Examples of Promontory in a sentence
If we take one more step off the mountain’s promontory, we will fall into the ocean. 🔊
We could not fall off the rocky promontory and into the waterfall because of the guardrail. 🔊
Every year, religious pilgrims flock to the island’s limestone promontory and pray to the god of the sea. 🔊
The heartbroken young man threatened to jump off the promontory and into the icy lake. 🔊
Because the mountain is eroding and making the promontory unstable, people can no longer take pictures of the ocean from the ledge. 🔊
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