Hummock
//ˈhʌmək// noun
noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A small hill; a hillock; a knoll.
"The west edge of their landing area was swarming with…things. Like wolves or dogs, but with long necks, they moved quickly forward, darting from hummock to hummock"
- 2 a small natural hill wordnet
- 3 A ridge or hill of ice in an ice field.
- 4 A fistful. Scotland
Example
More examples"The west edge of their landing area was swarming with…things. Like wolves or dogs, but with long necks, they moved quickly forward, darting from hummock to hummock"
Etymology
Unknown, but probably a diminutive of hump, equivalent to hump + -ock (diminutive suffix). Compare hillock.
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