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hummock definition

hum·mock (hum′ək)

noun

  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

Etymology: orig. naut. < ?

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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