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hummock

/ˈhʌmək/

hummock noun: a small hill; a hillock; a knoll.

hummock: a small hill; a hillock; a knoll
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Noun

hummock (plural hummocks)

  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 hummock2020 [1992], Vernor Vinge, chapter 3, in A Fire Upon the Deep, 1st edition, New York: Tor Essentials, →ISBN, page 36
  2. A ridge or hill of ice in an ice field.
  3. (Scotland) A fistful.

hummock meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Malayalam and Kannada

hummock in Tamil

பனிக்கட்டு வயல் முனைப்பு

hummock in Bengali

ছোটো টিলা, ঢিবি

hummock in Malayalam

mound, hillock, hump
മൊട്ടക്കുന്ന്, ലഘുഗിരി, ചെറുകുന്ന്, വൃത്താഗ്രകുന്ന്, മേട്, വൽമീകം

hummock in Kannada

ಗುಡ್ಡ, ದಿಬ್ಬ, ಗುಟ್ಟ, ಗುಟ್ಟೆ, ಗುಡ್ಡೆ

Forms of hummock

pluralhummocks

Origin of hummock

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

Phrases with hummock

Questions about hummock

What does hummock mean?
Hummock means a small hill; a hillock; a knoll.
What is hummock in Tamil?
Hummock in Tamil is பனிக்கட்டு வயல் முனைப்பு. See Hummock meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is hummock?
Hummock is a noun.
How do you pronounce hummock?
Hummock is pronounced /ˈhʌmək/.
What is the plural of hummock?
The plural of hummock is hummocks.

Words near hummock in the dictionary

  1. hummingbird vine
  2. hummingbird vines
  3. hummingbirds
  4. hummings
  5. hummle
  6. hummock
  7. hummocked
  8. hummocking
  9. hummocks
  10. hummocky
  11. hummocky ice

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: hummock (page history and authors); hummock (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); hummock (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); hummock (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); hummock (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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