hummock

UK/ˈhʌmək/US/ˈhʌmək/

nounC2Very rare — outside the 30,000 commonest English words, so you will meet it in writing rather than in speechToo rare in one of the two pools to compare — fewer than 20 uses in speech or in writing

Other forms: hummocks

A hummock is a small rounded hill. A hummock in the field, camp on a hummock, low hummocks of grass.

It is smaller than a hillock and is often the only dry ground in a marsh. A hummock in a bog is usually built by moss growing on itself for centuries.

Definitions of hummock

1nounhummockA small rounded hill.C2
“They camped on a hummock and stayed dry all night.”

hummock is a hill.

Also accepted in games: knoll

Where it comes from

Probably a diminutive of hump, on the pattern of hillock.

unknown, but probably a diminutive of hump, equivalent to hump + ock. Compare hillock.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

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hummock in the wild

In geology, a hummock is a small knoll or mound above ground.
Hummock
Large landslide avalanches that typically occur in volcanic areas are responsible for formation of hummocks.
Hummock
Triodia is a large genus of hummock grass endemic to Australia.
Triodia (plant)
Tussock grasses (also known as bunch grasses or hummock grasses) are a group of grass species in the family Poaceae.
Tussock grass
The wooded hummock in Squantum, Massachusetts, is formally recognized as historic by descendants of the Ponkapoag people.
Moswetuset Hummock

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