hummock

UK
/ˈhʌmək/
US
/ˈhʌmək/
hummocknoun
hummocks
pl
UK
/ˈhʌmək/
US
/ˈhʌmək/
Traduzioni
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.
Definizioni
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
hummocked
Past Simple
hummocked
Past Participle
hummocking
Gerund
UK
/ˈhʌmək/
US
/ˈhʌmək/
Rare but attested verb meaning ‘to form into hummocks’; needs full conjugation.
Definizioni
To form into small mounds or ridges; to heap up in hummocks.
Snow had hummocked against the cabin walls during the storm.
hummockadjective
more hummock
Comp.
most hummock
Super.
Attributive usage (e.g., “hummock ice”).
Definizioni
Attributive. Having the nature or quality of a hummock; mound-like.
Thick hummock ice impeded the ship’s progress.