9 definitions found for hummock

hummock n 1: a small natural hill [syn: knoll, mound, hillock, hummock, hammock]

hummock "knoll, hillock," 1555, originally nautical, "conical small hill on a seacoast," of obscure origin, though second element is dim. suffix -ock. In Florida, where the local form is hammock, it means a clump of hardwood trees on a knoll in a swamp or on a key.

hummock noun Etymology: alteration of ²hammock Date: 1555 1. a rounded knoll or hillock 2. a ridge of ice 3. hammock II,2 • hummock verb • hummocky adjective

hummock
n.
1 a hillock or knoll.
2 US a piece of rising ground, esp. in a marsh.
3 a hump or ridge in an ice-field.
Derivatives:
hummocky adj.
Etymology: 16th c.: orig. unkn.

hummock (hummocks) A hummock is a small raised area of ground, like a very small hill. = hillock N-COUNT

hummock ˈhʌmək n. 1 a hillock or knoll. 2 US a piece of rising ground, esp. in a marsh. 3 a hump or ridge in an ice-field. øøhummocky adj. [16th c.: orig. unkn.]

Hummock Hum"mock, n. [Prob. a dim. of hump. See Hump.] 1. A rounded knoll or hillock; a rise of ground of no great extent, above a level surface. 2. A ridge or pile of ice on an ice field. 3. Timbered land. See Hammock. [Southern U.S.]

hummock n. 1. Hillock, knoll, knob of soil. 2. Ridge, pile, hump, knob, protuberance (in a field of ice).

20 Moby Thesaurus words for "hummock": anthill, barrow, brae, butte, down, drumlin, dune, fell, foothills, hill, hillock, knob, knoll, molehill, monticle, monticule, moor, mound, sand dune, swell