Hummock

Word HUMMOCK
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Hyphenation hum mock
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Definitions and meanings of "Hummock"

What do we mean by hummock?

A low mound or ridge of earth; a knoll. noun

A tract of forested land that rises above an adjacent marsh in the southern United States. noun

A ridge or hill of ice in an ice field. noun

A low elevation, hillock, or knoll. noun

The form of the hand when the fingers are joined and bent in an even line, or bunched with the end of the thumb: as, to mak' a hummock. noun

As much of any loose material as can be taken up in the hand with the fingers so bent: as, a hummock of meal. noun

A low hill of sand on the sea-shore. Compare dune. noun

A rounded knoll or hillock; a rise of ground of no great extent, above a level surface. noun

A ridge or pile of ice on an ice field. noun

Timbered land. See Hammock. noun

A small hill; a hillock; a knoll. noun

A ridge or hill of ice in an ice field. noun

A small natural hill noun

A small hill; a hillock; a knoll.

A ridge or hill of ice in an ice field.

A fistful.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Hummock

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The word "hummock" in example sentences

Running straight out from behind the hummock was a furrow in the snow like the trail made by an otter. ❋ James Oliver Curwood (1903)

He arose, as did Mr. Hersebom, and they commenced climbing a hill of ice and snow -- a hummock is the technical name -- in order to obtain a general idea of their island. ❋ Jules Verne (1866)

Just outside the hummock was a cabbage-palm, which, as I have said, abounds in Florida. ❋ William Henry Giles Kingston (1847)

We had to cross what is called a hummock, which was in reality a depression, but not low enough to be swampy. ❋ William Henry Giles Kingston (1847)

The only signs of life are occasional groups of negroes about some saw-mill, on a "hummock," or a glimpse of dusky forms on a barge floating along one of the Stygian canals, as the train glides smoothly and swiftly by. ❋ Unknown (1875)

Sometimes the boat enters a pleasant inlet, where the pines on the shores have cut across the "hummock" and stand quaintly draped in Spanish moss, as if they had come to be baptized. ❋ Unknown (1875)

As we walked on the tundra beyond the beach, I almost fell into a small circular hole, and then realized I was surrounded by low, hummock-like food-storage shelters made of whale ribs covered with sod. ❋ Unknown (2009)

It was necessary to jump from one hummock of swamp grass to another. ❋ Annie Proulx (2011)

Hair-Face ran out on the quaking morass and gained the firmer footing of a grass-hummock a dozen yards away. ❋ Unknown (2010)

If one's foot missed a hummock, he plunged down through unpacked snow and usually to a fall. ❋ Unknown (2010)

This is not the most obvious ladder to use, but someone who can manage to stop panicking at the sounds of hounds in his own head long enough to carefully select the next solid-looking hummock can pick his way across any bog. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The Swift One did not wait for me, nor did she pause till she had passed beyond Hair-Face a hundred yards and gained a much larger hummock. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Comanche floundered across the hummock, the inert body following, and together, horse and man, they plunged from sight. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Lute sees the animal lodged on a hummock of stone, sees the horse struggle and clear on her vision, it seemed, was the spectral arm of her father clutching the reins and dragging the animal over. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Cross Reference for Hummock

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