Usually means: Protrusions or expansions in structures.
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  1. bulges: Merriam-Webster
  2. bulges: Collins English Dictionary
  3. bulges: Vocabulary.com
  4. bulges: Wordnik
  5. bulges: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. bulges: Wiktionary
  7. bulges: Dictionary.com
  8. bulges: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. bulges: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. bulges: Legal dictionary
  2. bulges: Financial dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (bulge)

noun:  An object which is sticking out from a surface; a swelling, protuberant part; a bending outward, especially when caused by pressure.
noun:  The bilge or protuberant part of a cask.
noun:  (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) A rounded fleshy mass, such as on a camel or zebu.
noun:  (nautical) The bilge of a vessel.
noun:  (colloquial) The outline of male genitals visible through clothing.
noun:  (figurative) A sudden rise in value or quantity.
verb:  (intransitive) To stick out from a surface without breaking it.
verb:  (intransitive) (of a container, etc.) To have the surface stretched by something pushing out; to swell.
verb:  (intransitive) To bilge, as a ship; to founder.
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