hummock
pronunciation
How to pronounce hummock in British English:
UK [ˈhʌmək]
How to pronounce hummock in American English:
US [ ˈhʌmək]
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- Noun:
- a small natural hill
Word Origin
- hummock (n.)
- "knoll, hillock," 1550s, originally nautical, "conical small hill on a seacoast," of obscure origin, though second element is diminutive suffix -ock. In Florida, where the local form is hammock, it means a clump of hardwood trees on a knoll in a swamp or on a key.
Example
- 1. Branches widely arching to spreading , forming wide hummock at first , later stems more narrowly arching .
- 2. Landform microclimate characteristic of sloping and hummock in north region of loessial plateau .
- 3. Cushion plant a plant that forms a tight low hummock as an adaptation to cold and dry or windy situations .