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View synonyms for hammock

hammock

1

[ ham-uhk ]

noun

  1. 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 ]

hammock

1

/ ˈhæmək /

noun

  1. a variant of hummock


hammock

2

/ ˈhæmək /

noun

  1. 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

  • hammock·like adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of hammock1

First recorded in 1545–55; from Spanish hamaca, from Taíno (Hispaniola)

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Word History and Origins

Origin of hammock1

C16: from Spanish hamaca, of Taino origin

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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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