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UK
/pɹˈɒməntəɹˌi/
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NOUN
- a natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea)
How To Use promontory In A Sentence
- Below the promontory was a level area, perfect for a trading settlement. Champlain's Dream
- Once you gain the promontory of grandparenthood, these things last for only short whiles, not for 20 straight years like they used to.
- Standing proudly on an isolated promontory, this 13th century stronghold once commanded the whole upper part of the Great Glen.
- The lighthouse at Portland Bill, a famous landmark on the promontory for mariners, stands 135 feet high and was built around 1903
- Both ponds were divided from the lake by a low promontory of land that encircled them.
- Just over the promontory is an isthmus with a small sheltered beach semi-enclosed by two rocky arms. Tenacatita: hidden jewel
- A coastal path climbs spectacularly over a rocky promontory and brings you to L' Estagnol, where you will find a sheltered sandy cove.
- The Oyster Residence is a seven-bedroom eco-retreat perched on a rocky promontory and surrounded by a pine forest that comes all the way down to the shores of the eastern Mediterranean.
- Tomas pointed out the promontory forts that are dotted around the area.
- Then, across the width of the steep valley she saw the ruins of a building on a promontory of rock. WHEN THE APRICOTS BLOOM