hummock
noun/ˈhʌmək/
Etymology Unknown, but probably a diminutive of hump, equivalent to hump + -ock (diminutive suffix). Compare hillock.
1
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 hummock2020 [1992], Vernor Vinge, chapter 3, in A Fire Upon the Deep, 1st edition, New York: Tor Essentials, →ISBN, page 36:
2
A ridge or hill of ice in an ice field.
3
Scotland A fistful.
- Related terms
- hummocked, hummocking, hummocky