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hammocks

hammocks is the plural of hammock.

hammocks is the third-person singular simple present indicative of hammock.

Meaning of hammock

Noun

hammock (plural hammocks)

  1. A swinging couch or bed, usually made of netting or canvas about six feet (1.8 meters) wide, suspended by clews or cords at the ends.
    • […] the poore ſaylers, who […] commonly get forthwith into their beds (or hamackoes) reſting their tyred bodies […]1638, Tho[mas] Herbert, Some Yeares Travels Into Divers Parts of Asia and Afrique. […], 2nd edition, London: […] R[ichard] Bi[sho]p for Iacob Blome and Richard Bishop, →OCLC, book I, page 7
  2. (US, archaic outside dialects) A piece of land thickly wooded, and usually covered with bushes and vines.

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Proper noun capitalized: Hammocks

Hammocks

  1. (plural) plural of Hammock

Phrases with hammocks

Questions about hammocks

What is hammocks the plural of?
Hammocks is the plural of hammock.
What part of speech is hammocks?
Hammocks is a proper noun.

Words near hammocks in the dictionary

  1. hammock-litter
  2. hammocked
  3. hammocking
  4. hammockless
  5. hammocklike
  6. hammocks
  7. hammocky
  8. Hammon
  9. Hammond
  10. Hammond Island
  11. Hammond organ

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