hummock
hummock
Definition
hum·mock (hum′ək)
noun
- a low, rounded hill; knoll; hillock
- a ridge or rise in an ice field
- ☆ a tract of fertile, heavily wooded land, higher than a surrounding marshy area
Etymology: orig. naut. < ?
☆ hum′·mocky adjective
hummock
Synonyms
hummock
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- form: Sphagnum mosses are the main vegetation, often forming hummocks which are raised half a meter above the main surface.
- include: The intact dome has characteristic vegetation and structural features, including hummock and lawn complexes and small shallow pools.
- well-develop: These include shallow pools and a well-developed hummock and lawn complex.
- know: This contributes to both its dirty appearance and the hummocks known as moraines.
- erode: These tend to merge into an enlarging, horseshoe-shaped bare slope which may threaten to reduce the dune to an eroded hummock.
Adjective modifier
- low: Some hours later the Phoenix landed on a low hummock amidst the swamps of the northeastern corner of Roister Island.
- scattered: The road runs close to the coast in places, tho often the sea is hidden by scattered hummocks.
- large: A large hummock or ridge of ice lay in front of the man, blocking his view of the horizon in that direction.
- peaty: The Pennine Way wanders a little uncertainly between the peaty hummocks of Alport, the worst stretches having been provided with flagstones.
- grassy: The community never recovered, leaving the tiny church and a few grassy hummocks as the only historical evidence of its existence.
- small: Molina and other grasses occur on the flatter areas on the small hummocks to the left of the photo.
Modifies a noun
- complex: On some of these relatively large intact bogs pool and hummock complexes have been mapped, adding to the habitat and species diversity.
Noun used with modifier
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