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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

/ ˈ³óÊŒ³¾É™°ì /

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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ³ó³Ü³¾³¾´Ç³¦°ì²â, adjective
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ³ó³Ü³¾î€ƒm´Ç³¦°ì·²â adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of hummock1

1545–55; humm- (akin to hump ) + -ock
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of hummock1

C16: of uncertain origin; compare hump, hammock
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As the ranks drew near to the German lines...rifles and machine guns pounded forth a rapid-fire of death from behind walls and hummocks and the windows of houses.

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The tiny footsteps glowed under her flashlight, leading around mossy hummocks and beneath fallen branches and up tree trunks and then back down again.

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Frequently, one of the dog teams had to be unharnessed from its sled and then hitched to a lifeboat to help the men drag it up and over a hummock or ridge.

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Spinifex grasses start out as small round hummocks, said Angela Moles, an ecologist at the University of New South Wales and an author of the new paper.

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Swales and hummocks created through excavation connect the wetland cells and diversify the habitat and landscape features.

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