hummock
/ˈhʌmək/
noun
- A small, rounded hill or mound of earth, often found in a flat area like a marsh, field, or tundra.
- In the Arctic, hummocks of frozen soil dot the landscape.
- We climbed a small hummock to get a better view of the surrounding marsh.
- The hikers rested on a grassy hummock in the middle of the meadow.
- A ridge or mound of ice on a frozen body of water, formed by pressure.
- The explorers had to navigate around large hummocks of ice.
- Seals sometimes rest on the hummocks of sea ice.
- The ice on the lake was pushed up into hummocks by the shifting wind.
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