hummock

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
20
Words With Friends
23
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ˈhʌmək/

Definition of hummock

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A small hill; a hillock; a knoll.
    “The west edge of their landing area was swarming with…things. Like wolves or dogs, but with long necks, they moved quickly forward, darting from hummock to hummock”
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noun

  1. A small hill; a hillock; a knoll.
    “The west edge of their landing area was swarming with…things. Like wolves or dogs, but with long necks, they moved quickly forward, darting from hummock to hummock”
  2. A ridge or hill of ice in an ice field.
  3. (Scotland)A fistful.

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Etymology

Unknown, but probably a diminutive of hump, equivalent to hump + -ock (diminutive suffix). Compare hillock.

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