as in mountain
a small hill
The hummocks of grass dotting the landscape were easy to traverse.
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Recent Examples of hummock
Craters pitted the earth; hummocks rose and fell; downed trees jutted from slash heaps like the spars of shipwrecks.
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Ben Goldfarb, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Feb. 2024
On that June evening, as the sun set, throwing billows of magenta clouds in the western sky, Heckscher saw ferns, grass-like sedges and hummocks of mosses, all signs of a healthy wetland.
—Madeline Bodin, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 May 2023
There, in a tangle of roots, dead wood and grass on a hummock about the size of a pitcher's mound, coiled a 2-foot-long snake.
—Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel, 14 Aug. 2022
Its hummock was part of a wetland spiked with tamarack saplings and carpeted with wild cranberries.
—Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel, 14 Aug. 2022
Like a swarm of rattlesnakes trying to escape their den, the first rat launches itself off the hummock toward the safety of the Roseau cane, revealing five or six others beneath.
—Gerry Bethge, Outdoor Life, 21 Apr. 2020
The SoHo townhouse is packed with hummocks of clothes and sundry stuff, much of it to be donated to charity.
—Karen Heller, Washington Post, 23 Sep. 2019
Now the potholed muddy track meandering among the hummocks barely resembles a road.
—Neil MacFarquhar, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2019
As the permafrost thaws across Yakutia, some land sinks, transforming the terrain into an obstacle course of hummocks and craters — called thermokarst.
—Neil MacFarquhar, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2019
Ben Goldfarb, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Feb. 2024
On that June evening, as the sun set, throwing billows of magenta clouds in the western sky, Heckscher saw ferns, grass-like sedges and hummocks of mosses, all signs of a healthy wetland.
—Madeline Bodin, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 May 2023
There, in a tangle of roots, dead wood and grass on a hummock about the size of a pitcher's mound, coiled a 2-foot-long snake.
—Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel, 14 Aug. 2022
Its hummock was part of a wetland spiked with tamarack saplings and carpeted with wild cranberries.
—Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel, 14 Aug. 2022
Like a swarm of rattlesnakes trying to escape their den, the first rat launches itself off the hummock toward the safety of the Roseau cane, revealing five or six others beneath.
—Gerry Bethge, Outdoor Life, 21 Apr. 2020
The SoHo townhouse is packed with hummocks of clothes and sundry stuff, much of it to be donated to charity.
—Karen Heller, Washington Post, 23 Sep. 2019
Now the potholed muddy track meandering among the hummocks barely resembles a road.
—Neil MacFarquhar, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2019
As the permafrost thaws across Yakutia, some land sinks, transforming the terrain into an obstacle course of hummocks and craters — called thermokarst.
—Neil MacFarquhar, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hummock
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Designed by architect Donald Joseph and built by NSM Construction, the home has a modern mountain aesthetic imbued with warm tones, cozy textures, and comforting organic materials, like natural stone and wood.Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 2 Jan. 2025
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The calm, serene setting amplifies the experience, with towering mountains all around.Meagan Drillinger, Travel + Leisure, 1 Jan. 2025
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More news: Pirates, Mets, Blue Jays Have Interest in Yankees' Free Agent: Report Since then, Verlander has struggled to stay on the mound — and be effective when healthy.Newsweek, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
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In 1964, Veale took on an even bigger workload on the mound, pitching 279.2 innings (40 games) to a 2.74 ERA.Scott Thompson, Fox News, 8 Jan. 2025
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The traditional Japanese tea room is situated on a cliff overlooking the ocean in Malibu.Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2025
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The ape on the cliff by the ocean in the universe had just quit the most popular alternative band in the world.Aaron Gilbreath, SPIN, 31 Dec. 2024
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The National Weather Service warned that the ongoing Santa Ana windstorm could be the most powerful in over a decade, with peak intensity expected in the early hours of Wednesday.Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
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With the same load and greater solar power generation, the energy output from natural gas was lower during the peak days of 2024.Ariel Cohen, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
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In Viñales, limestone knolls, or mogotes, emerge from the valley's bloodred earth like upturned loaves.Lydia Bell, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Dec. 2024
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This time, of course, there would be heightened Secret Service protection, complete with drones and dogs to ferret out any potential assassins hiding out in the bushes or in a grassy knoll.Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 21 Sep. 2024
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The shock is not the expanse alone but the density, the way every hillock and cavern is filled with incident and variety.Gabriel Winslow-Yost, Harper's Magazine, 23 Sep. 2024
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The entrance is through a structure that could be a brutalist one-car garage dug into a hillock.Patricia Marx, The New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2024
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Poly, in Pasadena withdrew its offer to purchase the 78-acre nursery that butts up against the wild foothills of Altadena.Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2025
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By the time the sound system was set up under a beating sun in the desert foothills and the shepherds were accounted for, the procession had grown to about 150 revelers.Whitney Eulich, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 Dec. 2024
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“Hummock.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hummock. Accessed 17 Jan. 2025.
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