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Webster 1913 Edition


Hummock

Hum′mock

,
Noun.
[Prob. a dim. of
hump
. See
Hump
.]
1.
A rounded knoll or hillock; a rise of ground of no great extent, above a level surface.
2.
A ridge or pile of ice on an ice field.
3.
Timbered land. See
Hammock
.
[Southern U.S.]

Definition 2024


hummock

hummock

English

Noun

Hummocky ice in the Gulf of Finland, on the coast of Estonia.

hummock (plural hummocks)

  1. A small hill; a hillock; a knoll.
  2. A ridge or hill of ice in an ice field.

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