HUMMOCK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hummock mean? 

• HUMMOCK (noun)
  The noun HUMMOCK has 1 sense:

1. a small natural hill

  Familiarity information: HUMMOCK used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HUMMOCK (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A small natural hill

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

hammock; hillock; hummock; knoll; mound

Hypernyms ("hummock" is a kind of...):

hill (a local and well-defined elevation of the land)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hummock"):

anthill; formicary (a mound of earth made by ants as they dig their nest)

kopje; koppie (a small hill rising up from the African veld)

molehill (a mound of earth made by moles while burrowing)