# salients

Pronunciation: say "SAY-lee-uhnts" US/UK /ˈseɪ.li.ənts/, AUS /ˈsæɪ.li.ənts/

## Noun

1. Plural of salient. — plural of salient
   - Simple: Plural of salient. Use it for more than one part of a line or border that sticks out.
   - _Exposed on three sides, the salients along the front line suffered the heaviest shelling of the war._
   - _Geologists mapped a series of salients where the thrust belt bulges outward toward the plain._

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