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hogbacks

hogbacks is the plural of hogback.

Meaning of hogback

Noun

hogback (plural hogbacks)

  1. A sharp steep-sided ridge formed by the erosion of tilting strata,
    • Without further parley Garland rode off up the hog's-back and the sheriff rode off down it …1920, Peter B. Kyne, chapter IV, in The Understanding Heart
  2. A hogframe.
  3. A Viking grave marker taking the form of a recumbent monument, generally with a curved (hogbacked) ridge and outwardly curved sides.

Questions about hogbacks

What is hogbacks the plural of?
Hogbacks is the plural of hogback.

Words near hogbacks in the dictionary

  1. Hogarth Range
  2. Hogarthian
  3. Hogarths
  4. hogback
  5. hogbacked
  6. hogbacks
  7. hogbed
  8. hogbeds
  9. Hogben
  10. Hogbens
  11. hogberries

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