hummock

[ huhm-uhk ]

/ ˈhʌm ək /

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noun

Also hammock. an elevated tract of land rising above the general level of a marshy region.

a knoll or hillock.

Also hommock. a ridge in an ice field.

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Origin of hummock

1545–55; humm- (akin to hump) + -ock

OTHER WORDS FROM hummock

hum·mock·y, adjective

Words nearby hummock

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How to use hummock in a sentence

The thought seemed to produce the dreaded object, for next moment a large hummock appeared right ahead.
The Giant of the North|R.M. Ballantyne
We had to cross what is called a hummock, which was in reality a depression, but not low enough to be swampy.
In the Wilds of Florida|W.H.G. Kingston
Hair-Face ran out on the quaking morass and gained the firmer footing of a grass-hummock a dozen yards away.
Before Adam|Jack London
A hummock is a protuberance raised upon any plane of ice above the common level.
The Book of Curiosities|I. Platts

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!
A Traveller in War-Time|Winston Churchill

British Dictionary definitions for hummock

hummock

/ (ˈhʌmək) /

noun

a hillock; knoll

a ridge or mound of ice in an ice field

Also called: hammock mainly Southern US a wooded area lying above the level of an adjacent marsh

Derived forms of hummock

hummocky, adjective

Word Origin for hummock

C16: of uncertain origin; compare hump, hammock

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