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hummock ridge

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  • 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. [1913 Webster] 2. A ridge or pile of ice on an ice field. [1913 Webster] 3. Timbered land. See {Hammock}.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • hummock — [hum′ək] n. [orig. naut. < ?] 1. a low, rounded hill; knoll; hillock 2. a ridge or rise in an ice field ☆ 3. a tract of fertile, heavily wooded land, higher than a surrounding marshy area ☆ hummocky adj …   English World dictionary

  • 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 …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • hummock — hummocky, adj. /hum euhk/, n. 1. Also, hammock. an elevated tract of land rising above the general level of a marshy region. 2. a knoll or hillock. 3. Also, hommock. a ridge in an ice field. [1545 55; humm (akin to HUMP) + OCK] * * * …   Universalium

  • hummock — noun a) A small hill; a hillock; a knoll. b) A ridge or hill of ice in an ice field …   Wiktionary

  • hummock — noun a hillock or knoll. ↘a hump or ridge in an ice field. ↘N. Amer. a piece of forested ground rising above a marsh. Derivatives hummocky adjective Origin C16: of unknown origin …   English new terms dictionary

  • hummock — n. 1. Hillock, knoll, knob of soil. 2. Ridge, pile, hump, knob, protuberance (in a field of ice) …   New dictionary of synonyms

  • ridge — n 1. reef, ledge, saddle, hummock, escarpment, Geology. hogback, Physical Geography. arete, Geology. esker, Chiefly Brit. watershed; chain, range, line, file, row, column, string, series, set. 2. crest, Anat., Zool. crista, Anat. (of the nose)… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • hummock — hum•mock [[t]ˈhʌm ək[/t]] n. 1) ecl geo Also, hammock II an elevated tract of land rising above the general level of a marshy region. 2) geo a knoll or hillock 3) geo a ridge in an ice field • Etymology: 1545–55; humm (akin to hump) + ock… …   From formal English to slang

  • hummock — /ˈhʌmək / (say humuhk) noun 1. an elevated tract rising above the general level of a marshy region. 2. a knoll or hillock. 3. a ridge in an icefield. {origin unknown; compare hump, ock} …  

  • 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 …   Useful english dictionary

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