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
Most skiers now ride Great White only to get to the new terrain along Hogback Ridge, sandwiched between White Pass Summit and the Goat Rocks Wilderness.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 31, 2011
They’re camped nigh the Hogback on Cranberry Creek.”
From Phil Bradley's Snow-shoe Trail The Mountain Boys in the Canada Wilds by Boone, Silas K.
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