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Definition of Hammock
1. Noun. A small natural hill.
Specialized synonyms: Anthill, Formicary, Kopje, Koppie, Molehill
Generic synonyms: Hill
Derivative terms: Mound
2. Noun. A hanging bed of canvas or rope netting (usually suspended between two trees); swings easily.
Definition of Hammock
1. n. A swinging couch or bed, usually made of netting or canvas about six feet long and three feet wide, suspended by clews or cords at the ends.
Definition of Hammock
1. Noun. A swinging couch or bed, usually made of netting or canvas about six feet wide, suspended by clews or cords at the ends. ¹
2. Noun. (US archaic) A piece of land thickly wooded, and usually covered with bushes and vines. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hammock
1. a hanging cot [n -S]
Medical Definition of Hammock
1. 1. A swinging couch or bed, usually made of netting or canvas about six feet wide, suspended by clews or cords at the ends. 2. A piece of land thickly wooded, and usually covered with bushes and vines. Used also adjectively; as, hammock land. Hammock nettings, formerly, nets for stowing hammocks; now, more often, wooden boxes or a trough on the rail, used for that purpose. Origin: A word of Indian origin: cf. Sp. Hamaca. Columbus, in the Narrative of his first voyage, says: "A great many Indians in canoes came to the ship to-day for the purpose of bartering their cotton, and hamacas, or nets, in which they sleep.". Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hammock
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Albanian