Hummock

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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     2. A ridge or pile of ice on an ice field.


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     3. Timbered land. See {Hammock}. [Southern U.S.]
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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