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Definition: HUMMOCKY

Part of Speech Definition
Adjective 1. Abounding in hummocks.[Websters]
2. Being hilly, uneven, patchy, bumpy or irregular. [Eve - graph theoretic]
3. Infrequently used base adjective of the adverb hummockily.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adverb Form
(hummockily)
1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective hummocky.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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Date "Hummocky" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1895. (references)

Specialty Definition: HUMMOCKY

Domain Definition
Administration Hilly, uneven landscape resulting from deep-seated soil movement, usually of a rotational nature. (references)

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Specialty Expressions: HUMMOCKY

Expressions Domain Definition
Hummocky ground Geological A ground surface that has lots of small hills and swales; uneven ground. (Gardner, et al., 1995). (references)
Hummocky ice Geography Elevations in field or floe ice caused by two or more bodies of ice being pressed together when the edges are pushed up and formed into pyramids which are then named hummocks. Source: European Union. (references)

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Definition: HUMMOCKY

Part of SpeechDefinition
Adjective1. Abounding in hummocks.[Websters]
2. Being hilly, uneven, patchy, bumpy or irregular. [Eve - graph theoretic]
3. Infrequently used base adjective of the adverb hummockily.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adverb Form
(hummockily)
1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective hummocky.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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Date "HUMMOCKY" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1895. (references)

Specialty Definition: HUMMOCKY

DomainDefinition
AdministrationHilly, uneven landscape resulting from deep-seated soil movement, usually of a rotational nature. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Expressions: HUMMOCKY

ExpressionsDomainDefinition
Hummocky groundGeologicalA ground surface that has lots of small hills and swales; uneven ground. (Gardner, et al., 1995). (references)
Hummocky iceGeographyElevations in field or floe ice caused by two or more bodies of ice being pressed together when the edges are pushed up and formed into pyramids which are then named hummocks. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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