hummock

[ huhm-uhk ]

noun

1. Also an elevated tract of land rising above the general level of a marshy region.
2. a knoll or hillock.
3. Also a ridge in an ice field.

hummock

/ ˈhʌmək /

noun

1. a hillock; knoll
2. a ridge or mound of ice in an ice field
3. Also calledhammock a wooded area lying above the level of an adjacent marsh

Derived Forms

• ˈhummocky, adjective

Other Words From

• hummock·y adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of hummock¹

1545–55; humm- (akin to hump ) + -ock

Word History and Origins

Origin of hummock¹

C16: of uncertain origin; compare hump, hammock

Example Sentences

The thought seemed to produce the dreaded object, for next moment a large hummock appeared right ahead.

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We had to cross what is called a hummock, which was in reality a depression, but not low enough to be swampy.

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Hair-Face ran out on the quaking morass and gained the firmer footing of a grass-hummock a dozen yards away.

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A hummock is a protuberance raised upon any plane of ice above the common level.

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And then, when we had cautiously rounded a hummock at the top, my steel helmet was blown off—not by a shrapnel, but by the wind!

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Related Words

• bluff
• cliff
• dune
• highland
• hillside
• hilltop
• ridge
• slope