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Definition of Hummock
1. Noun. A small natural hill.
Specialized synonyms: Anthill, Formicary, Kopje, Koppie, Molehill
Generic synonyms: Hill
Derivative terms: Mound
Definition of Hummock
1. n. A rounded knoll or hillock; a rise of ground of no great extent, above a level surface.
Definition of Hummock
1. Noun. A small hill; a hillock; a knoll. ¹
2. Noun. A ridge or hill of ice in an ice field. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hummock
1. to form into hummocks (small rounded hills) [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hummock
Literary usage of Hummock
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Census Reports Tenth Census. June 1, 1880 by Francis Amasa Walker, Charles Williams Seaton, Henry Gannett (1884)
"Throughout this agricultural division of the state (long-leaf pine region) there
are areas of what is called high hummock land, in contradistinction to the ..."
2. Before Adam by Jack London (1907)
"Hair-Face ran out on the quaking morass and gained the firmer footing of a
grass-hummock a dozen yards away. His wife did not follow. ..."
3. Ten Months Among the Tents of the Tuski: With Incidents of an Arctic Boat by William Hulme Hooper (1853)
"Moor to Ice hummock.-— Esquimaux Music and Dancing.—Threatening attitude of
Natives.— Burying Ground.—Anchor at Point Barrow. — Language of Signs. ..."
4. Tarry at Home Travels by Edward Everett Hale (1906)
"The Narrows, with Black Mountain and Bolton, and the hummock in the foreground.
they went across to the Newfoundland St. John's and then by great good luck ..."
5. Discoveries in Australia by John Lort Stokes (1846)
"E hummock ISLAND RATS—THE BLACK PYRAMID POINT WOOLNORTH RAISED BEACH COAST TO
CIRCULAR HEAD — HEAD-QUARTERS OF THE AGRICULTURAL COMPANY — CAPTURE OF A ..."
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