Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: outgrowth
IPA transcription: ['aʊtɡɹ,oʊθ]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: process, outgrowth, appendage
    Meaning: a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant; "a bony process"
  • Synonyms: emergence, outgrowth, growth
    Meaning: the gradual beginning or coming forth; "figurines presage the emergence of sculpture in Greece"
  • Synonyms: outgrowth, branch, offshoot, offset
    Meaning: a natural consequence of development
Usage examples
  • But perhaps Lanyard was prejudiced by his partiality for Americans, a sentiment the outgrowth of the years spent in New York with Bourke.