hogback
Americannoun
noun
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Also called: hog's back. a narrow ridge that consists of steeply inclined rock strata
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archaeol a Saxon or Scandinavian tomb with sloping sides
Etymology
Origin of hogback
Example Sentences
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The prospect lent spring to each kick on the final, gentle slope of nearby Hogback Mountain.
From Washington Post • Feb. 18, 2022
In Virginia’s Shenandoah National Park, a concrete pillar on a forested track near Hogback Mountain is more than just a sign; it’s a moment of reckoning.
From Washington Post • Sep. 23, 2021
And this evidence was definitely present, Biscardi said, as the group plunged deeper into the woods off Hogback Road.
From Washington Times • Jun. 25, 2017
As is often the case, the subtext to this environmental debate was grayer than it might appear, says David Bahr, a Eugene attorney who represented the Hogback Preservation Association.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 31, 2011
Stephen P. Crabstock.—Iron-master, and proprietor of the Hogback Furnace—a man who in spite of his adherence to the dangerous doctrines of the Whigs, has arisen from poverty to wealth by his own exertions.
From Quodlibet by Kennedy, John Pendleton
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