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hogsback

hogsback is the alternative form 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.

Forms of hogsback

pluralhogsbacks

Questions about hogsback

What is hogsback the alternative form of?
Hogsback is the alternative form of hogback.

Words near hogsback in the dictionary

  1. hogrubbers
  2. hogs
  3. hogs up
  4. hogs' eyes
  5. hogs' puddings
  6. hogsback
  7. hogsbacks
  8. hogsbane
  9. hogscore
  10. hogscores
  11. Hogsed

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