"hummock" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-hummock.wav Forms: hummocks [plural]
Etymology: Unknown, but probably a diminutive of hump, equivalent to hump + -ock (diminutive suffix). Compare hillock. Etymology templates: {{unk|en}} Unknown, {{suffix|en|hump|ock|pos2=diminutive suffix}} hump + -ock (diminutive suffix) Head templates: {{en-noun}} hummock (plural hummocks)
  1. A small hill; a hillock; a knoll.
    Sense id: en-hummock-en-noun-LqGFf9Lm
  2. A ridge or hill of ice in an ice field. Categories (topical): Ice 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: 3 72 25 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: 14 21 65 Categories (other): Scottish English, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ock, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with German translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 10 83 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ock: 14 16 70 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 7 8 84 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 7 12 81 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 6 89 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 8 10 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 7 8 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 7 8 85
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: hummocked, hummocking, hummocky

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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