hummock

Plural: hummocks

Noun

a small natural hill
A small hill; a hillock; a knoll.
A ridge or hill of ice in an ice field.
A fistful.

Verb

Verb Forms: hummocked, hummocking, hummocks

To form into small, rounded hills or mounds.

Examples

The tiles seemed to hummock, piling up on his rack without forming a single decent word.

Origin / Etymology

Unknown, but probably a diminutive of hump, equivalent to hump + -ock (diminutive suffix). Compare hillock.

Synonyms

hammock, hillock, knoll, mound

Scrabble Score: 20

hummock: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
hummock: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
hummock: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 23

hummock: valid Words With Friends Word