hummock

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhʌmək/
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Noun

hummock (plural hummocks)

  1. A small hill; a hillock; a knoll.
    • 2020 [1992], Vernor Vinge, chapter 3, in A Fire Upon the Deep, 1st edition, New York: Tor Essentials, →ISBN, page 36:
      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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