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hummock Definition

hum·mock (humək)

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. < ?

hummock Related Forms
hum·mocky adjective
hummock Synonyms

hummock

n.

bump, knob, hump; see bulge, hill, lump.

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

  • moss: Despite some burning in the past, the surface has an extremely high Sphagnum moss cover and a notable Sphagnum moss hummock development.
  • ice: They manhandled the sledges over ice hummocks and through soft snow.

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