Synonyms of the word hammock


HAMMOCKBED - HILL - HILLOCK - HUMMOCK - KNOLL - MOUND - SACK

hammock

  • n. A swinging couch or bed, usually made of netting or canvas about six feet wide, suspended by clews or…
  • n. (US, archaic outside dialects) A piece of land thickly wooded, and usually covered with bushes and vines.
  • v. (intransitive) to lie in a hammock.
  • v. (transitive) (of a cloth) to hang in a way that resembles a hammock.
  • v. (transitive) to make something be wrapped tight, like in a hammock.

bed

  • n. A piece of furniture, usually flat and soft, for resting or sleeping on.
  • n. A place, or flat surface or layer, on which something else rests or is laid.
  • n. (heading) A layer or surface.
  • v. Senses relating to a bed as a place for resting or sleeping.
  • v. Senses relating to a bed as a place or layer on which something else rests or is laid.

hill

  • n. An elevated location smaller than a mountain.
  • n. A sloping road.
  • n. (US) A heap of earth surrounding a plant.
  • n. (US) A single cluster or group of plants growing close together, and having the earth heaped up about…
  • n. (baseball) The pitcher’s mound.
  • v. To form into a heap or mound.
  • v. To heap or draw earth around plants.

hillock

  • n. A small hill.

hummock

  • n. A small hill; a hillock; a knoll.
  • n. A ridge or hill of ice in an ice field.

knoll

  • n. A small mound or rounded hill.
  • n. A knell.
  • v. To ring (a bell) mournfully; to knell.
  • v. To sound, like a bell; to knell.
  • v. To arrange related objects in parallel or at 90 degree angles.

mound

  • n. (obsolete, anatomy, measurement, figuratively) A hand.
  • n. (obsolete) A protection; restraint; curb.
  • n. (obsolete) A helmet.
  • n. (obsolete) Might; size.
  • n. An artificial hill or elevation of earth; a raised bank; an embankment thrown up for defense; a bulwark;…
  • n. A natural elevation appearing as if thrown up artificially; a regular and isolated hill, hillock, or knoll.
  • n. (baseball) Elevated area of dirt upon which the pitcher stands to pitch.
  • n. A ball or globe forming part of the regalia of an emperor or other sovereign. It is encircled with bands,…
  • n. (US, vulgar, slang) The mons veneris.
  • v. (transitive) To fortify with a mound; add a barrier, rampart, etc. to.
  • v. (transitive) To force or pile into a mound or mounds.

sack

  • n. A bag; especially a large bag of strong, coarse material for storage and handling of various commodities,…
  • n. The amount a sack holds; also, an archaic or historical measure of varying capacity, depending on commodity…
  • n. (uncountable) The plunder and pillaging of a captured town or city.
  • n. (uncountable) Loot or booty obtained by pillage.
  • n. (American football) A successful tackle of the quarterback. See verb sense4 below.
  • n. (baseball) One of the square bases anchored at first base, second base, or third base.
  • n. (informal) Dismissal from employment, or discharge from a position, usually as give (someone) the sack…
  • n. (colloquial, US) Bed; usually as hit the sack or in the sack. See also sack out.
  • n. (dated) (also sacque) A kind of loose-fitting gown or dress with sleeves which hangs from the shoulders,…
  • n. (dated) A sack coat; a kind of coat worn by men, and extending from top to bottom without a cross seam.
  • n. (vulgar, slang) The scrotum.
  • v. To put in a sack or sacks.
  • v. To bear or carry in a sack upon the back or the shoulders.
  • v. To plunder or pillage, especially after capture; to obtain spoils of war from.
  • v. (American football) To tackle, usually to tackle the offensive quarterback behind the line of scrimmage…
  • v. (informal) To discharge from a job or position; to fire.
  • v. (colloquial) In the phrase sack out, to fall asleep. See also hit the sack.
  • n. (dated) A variety of light-colored dry wine from Spain or the Canary Islands; also, any strong white wine…
  • v. Alternative spelling of sac.
  • n. Alternative spelling of sac.

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