Associations to the word «Promontory»

Wiktionary

PROMONTORY, noun. A high point of land extending into a body of water, headland; cliff.
PROMONTORY, noun. (anatomy) A projecting part of the body.

Dictionary definition

PROMONTORY, noun. A natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea).

Wise words

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca