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hummock

[ huhm-uhk ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

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

hummock

/ ˈhʌmək /

Origin of hummock¹

1545–55; humm- (akin to hump ) + -ock

Origin of hummock¹

C16: of uncertain origin; compare hump, hammock

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

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

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

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

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!

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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