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hummock

UK
/ˈhʌmək/
US
/ˈhʌmək/

Translations

hummocknoun
hummocks
pl
UK
/ˈhʌmək/
US
/ˈhʌmək/
The field was dotted with small hummocks.
Поле было усеяно маленькими буграми.
The hikers carefully stepped over the hummocks in the marsh.
Туристы осторожно переступали через кочки на болоте.
A hummock of earth rose in the middle of the garden.
В середине сада возвышался холмик земли.
Additional translations
груда
возвышенность
Synonyms
knoll
elevation
rise
mound
hillock
hummockverb
hummocked
Past Simple
hummocked
Past Participle
hummocking
Gerund
UK
/ˈhʌmək/
US
/ˈhʌmək/
Rare but attested verb meaning ‘to form into hummocks’; needs full conjugation.
hummockadjective
more hummock
Comp.
most hummock
Super.
Attributive usage (e.g., “hummock ice”).

Definitions

hummocknoun
A small hill or mound.
The children played on the grassy hummock in the park.
A ridge or rise in an ice field.
The explorers navigated carefully around the hummocks in the frozen landscape.
A raised area of ground in a bog or marsh, typically covered with sphagnum moss.
The peatland was dotted with soft hummocks and water-filled hollows.
hummockverb
To form into small mounds or ridges; to heap up in hummocks.
Snow had hummocked against the cabin walls during the storm.
hummockadjective
Attributive. Having the nature or quality of a hummock; mound-like.
Thick hummock ice impeded the ship’s progress.
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