HUMMOCK

knoll, mound, hillock, hummock, hammock

(noun) a small natural hill

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

hummock (plural hummocks)

A small hill; a hillock; a knoll.

A ridge or hill of ice in an ice field.

(Scotland) A fistful.

Source: Wiktionary


Hum"mock, n. Etym: [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.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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