Hummock

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  • noun. A low mound or ridge of earth; a knoll.
  • noun. A tract of forested land that rises above an adjacent marsh in the southern United States.
  • noun. A ridge or hill of ice in an ice field.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A low hill of sand on the sea-shore. Compare dune.
  • noun. A low elevation, hillock, or knoll.
  • noun. The form of the hand when the fingers are joined and bent in an even line, or bunched with the end of the thumb: as, to mak' a hummock.
  • noun. As much of any loose material as can be taken up in the hand with the fingers so bent: as, a hummock of meal.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A rounded knoll or hillock; a rise of ground of no great extent, above a level surface.
  • noun. A ridge or pile of ice on an ice field.
  • noun. Timbered land. See Hammock.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A small hill; a hillock; a knoll.
  • noun. A ridge or hill of ice in an ice field.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a small natural hill
    • Word Usage
    "Running straight out from behind the hummock was a furrow in the snow like the trail made by an otter."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    hill  
    Hyponym
    Words that are more specific
    ant-hill  formicary  kopje  koppie  molehill  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    Shoreline  bergs  dune  embankment  eminences  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    anthill  barrow  brae  butte  down  
    variant
    hammock  
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