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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a small natural hill [syn: knoll, mound, hillock, hummock, hammock]
2: a hanging bed of canvas or rope netting (usually suspended between two trees); swings easily [syn: hammock, sack]

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: Spanish hamaca, from Taino Date: 1626 a swinging couch or bed usually made of netting or canvas and slung by cords from supports at each end II. noun Etymology: earlier hammok, hommoke, humock; akin to Middle Low German hummel small height, hump bump — more at hump Date: 1556 1. hummock 2. a fertile area in the southern United States and especially Florida that is usually higher than its surroundings and that is characterized by hardwood vegetation and deep humus-rich soil

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. a bed of canvas or rope network, suspended by cords at the ends, used esp. on board ship. Etymology: earlier hamaca f. Sp., of Carib orig.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Hammock Ham"mock, n. [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.''] 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. [Southern U. S.] --Bartlett. Hammock nettings (Naut.), formerly, nets for stowing hammocks; now, more often, wooden boxes or a trough on the rail, used for that purpose.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(hammocks) A hammock is a piece of strong cloth or netting which is hung between two supports and used as a bed. N-COUNT

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Swinging bed.

Foolish Dictionary

From the Lat. hamus, hook, and Grk. makar, happy. Happiness on hooks. Also, a popular contrivance whereby lovemaking may be suspended but not stopped during the picnic season.