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hum⋅mock

  [huhm-uhk]
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–noun
1. Also, hammock. an elevated tract of land rising above the general level of a marshy region.
2. a knoll or hillock.
3. Also, hommock. a ridge in an ice field.
Origin:
1545–55; humm- (akin to hump ) + -ock

Related forms:
hum⋅mock⋅y, adjective
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hum·mock   (hŭm'ək)   
n.  

  1. A low mound or ridge of earth; a knoll.

  2. also ham·mock (hām'ək) A tract of forested land that rises above an adjacent marsh in the southern United States.

  3. A ridge or hill of ice in an ice field.


[Origin unknown.]
hum'mock·y adj.
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Word Origin & History

hummock 
"knoll, hillock," 1555, originally nautical, "conical small hill on a seacoast," of obscure origin, though second element is dim. suffix -ock. In Florida, where the local form is hammock, it means a clump of hardwood trees on a knoll in a swamp or on a key.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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