hogback

[ hawg-bak, hog- ]
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nounGeology.
  1. a long, sharply crested ridge, generally formed of steeply inclined strata that are especially resistant to erosion.

Origin of hogback

1
First recorded in 1655–65; hog + back1

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How to use hogback in a sentence

  • Seward Mountain, seen from a distance of ten or fifteen miles, looked like a hogback ridge.

    Lost Pond | Henry Abbott
  • Campote is completely surrounded by mountains, the hogback dropping off into the valley below us.

  • The first land he encountered was a high hogback of rock which proved to be an island.

    Kings in Exile | Sir Charles George Douglas Roberts
  • If we'd pitched the tents up on the hogback, that's all we'd a been in for.

    The Chalice Of Courage | Cyrus Townsend Brady
  • Changing the subject, he said, "I wish you could see the valley from that hogback over to the west."

British Dictionary definitions for hogback

hogback

/ (ˈhɒɡˌbæk) /


noun
  1. Also called: hog's back a narrow ridge that consists of steeply inclined rock strata

  2. archaeol a Saxon or Scandinavian tomb with sloping sides

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