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hammock
1[ ham-uhk ]
noun
- a hanging bed or couch made of canvas, netted cord, or the like, with cords attached to supports at each end.
hammock
2[ ham-uhk ]
noun
hammock
1/ ˈhæmək /
hammock
2/ ˈhæmək /
noun
- a length of canvas, net, etc, suspended at the ends and used as a bed
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Derived Forms
- ˈhammock-ˌlike, adjective
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Other Words From
- hammock·like adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of hammock1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of hammock1
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Example Sentences
I said goodnight, retreated, and slumped into my hammock, the rain slapping the tarp over me.
Curled up on the hammock, surrounded by their kids and puppies, it really looked like love.
A.Then he got fever, and had to be carried in a hammock slung under a pole.
The first jolt had like to have shaken me out of my hammock, but afterwards the motion was easy enough.
Robert assisted her into the hammock which swung from the post before her door out to the trunk of a tree.
With a writhing motion she settled herself more securely in the hammock.
There is no such thing as a gay book on political economy for reading in a hammock.
Suddenly Amy, who was resting comfortably in the porch hammock, leaped to her feet.
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