"hummock" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-hummock.wav [US] Forms: hummocks [plural]
Etymology: Unknown, but probably a diminutive of hump, equivalent to hump + -ock (diminutive suffix). Compare hillock. Etymology templates: {{unk|en}} Unknown, {{m|en|hump}} hump, {{suffix|en|hump|ock|pos2=diminutive suffix}} hump + -ock (diminutive suffix), {{m|en|hillock}} hillock Head templates: {{en-noun}} hummock (plural hummocks)
  1. A small hill; a hillock; a knoll. Categories (place): Landforms
    Sense id: en-hummock-en-noun-LqGFf9Lm Disambiguation of Landforms: 39 23 38 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ock Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 42 7 51 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ock: 41 11 48
  2. A ridge or hill of ice in an ice field. Categories (topical): Ice Categories (place): Landforms Translations (ridge or hill of ice): Eishügel [masculine] (German), торос (toros) [masculine] (Russian), tepecik (Turkish), tümsek (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-hummock-en-noun-~pT3p8K~ Disambiguation of Ice: 12 74 14 Disambiguation of Landforms: 39 23 38 Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -ock Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ock: 41 11 48 Disambiguation of 'ridge or hill of ice': 12 87 1
  3. (Scotland) A fistful. Tags: Scotland Categories (place): Landforms
    Sense id: en-hummock-en-noun-VuJdgLXS Disambiguation of Landforms: 39 23 38 Categories (other): Scottish English, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ock Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 42 7 51 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ock: 41 11 48
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: hummocked, hummocking, hummocky

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