tump

[ tuhmp ]

nounBritish Dialect.
  1. a small mound, hill, or rise of ground.

  2. a clump of grass, shrubs, or trees, especially rising from a swamp or bog.

  1. a heap or stack, as a haystack.

Origin of tump

1
First recorded in 1580–90; of obscure origin

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How to use tump in a sentence

  • The land here is more elevated and less marshy, though somewhat impaired by tumps (of Carex cspitosa).

    Lachesis Lapponica | Carl von Linn
  • Could not meadows be freed from their wart-like tumps by burning?

    Lachesis Lapponica | Carl von Linn
  • We do not like to be too positive about præ-historic tumps, but this certainly looks very like153 one.

  • But nothing would move Susan to give Tumps up so long as he cared to remain; and Tumps cared.

    The Book of Susan | Lee Wilson Dodd
  • I trust the new housekeeper I obtained for you is reasonably efficient, and that Tumps is not proving too great a burden.

    The Book of Susan | Lee Wilson Dodd

British Dictionary definitions for tump

tump

/ (tʌmp) /


noun
  1. Western English dialect a small mound or clump

Origin of tump

1
C16: of unknown origin

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