Meanings
nounhummock (plural hummocks)
plural hummocks
- A small hill; a hillock; a knoll.
The west edge of their landing area was swarming with…things. Like wolves or dogs, but with long necks, they moved quickly forward, darting from hummock to hummock
2020 [1992], Vernor Vinge, chapter 3, in A Fire Upon the Deep, 1st edition, New York: Tor Essentials, →ISBN, page 36 - A ridge or hill of ice in an ice field.
- ScotlandA fistful.
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Unknown, but probably a diminutive of hump, equivalent to hump + -ock (diminutive suffix). Compare hillock.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
German Eishügel
- Eishügelridge or hill of ice
Polish spiętrzenie lodu
- spiętrzenie loduridge or hill of ice
Russian торос
- торос (toros)ridge or hill of ice
Turkish buz tepeciği, buz tümseği
- buz tepeciğiridge or hill of ice
- buz tümseğiridge or hill of ice
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APA
hummock. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hummock
MLA
“hummock.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hummock. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hummock,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hummock.
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