hummock

Everyday

1. A small, rounded hill or mound of earth, grass or snow; a hump in the ground. tree →
2. A ridge in a field of ice. tree →

In the lessons

Geography and nature words for small lumps in the land. In The Wind in the Willows Mole and the Rat struggle through the snowy Wild Wood over hummocks and hollows before they find Badger's door. In stories hummocks make a landscape bumpy and good for hiding.

Examples

• The rabbit hid behind a grassy hummock. tree →
• The marsh was full of mossy hummocks. tree →
• Mole stumbled over a hummock in the snow. tree →
• We sat on a hummock to eat our sandwiches. tree →
• Polar bears walk across the ice hummocks. tree →
• The children rolled down the little hummock. tree →

Note

Plural: hummocks. Similar: mound, knoll, hillock, hump. Smaller than a hill.