noun
Meaning 1
A small hill; a hillock; a knoll.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
hummock
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/ˈhʌmək/
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noun
Meaning 2
A ridge or hill of ice in an ice field.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A fistful.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Scotland
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noun
Meaning 4
a small natural hill
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: knoll, mound, hillock, hammock
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: hill
Narrower terms: anthill, formicary, kopje, koppie, molehill
History
Etymology
Unknown, but probably a diminutive of hump, equivalent to hump + -ock (diminutive suffix). Compare hillock.
Across languages
Translations
5 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- German: Eishügel — ridge or hill of ice
- Polish: spiętrzenie lodu — ridge or hill of ice
- Russian: торос (toros) — ridge or hill of ice
- Turkish: buz tepeciği — ridge or hill of ice
- Turkish: buz tümseği — ridge or hill of ice
Real reading context