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hummocks

hummocks is the plural of hummock.

Meaning of hummock

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.

Questions about hummocks

What is hummocks the plural of?
Hummocks is the plural of hummock.

Words near hummocks in the dictionary

  1. hummings
  2. hummle
  3. hummock
  4. hummocked
  5. hummocking
  6. hummocks
  7. hummocky
  8. hummocky ice
  9. hummos
  10. Humms
  11. hummum

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