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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. a small natural hill;
[syn: knoll, mound, hillock, hummock, hammock]

2. a hanging bed of canvas or rope netting (usually suspended between two trees); swings easily;
[syn: hammock, sack]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Hammock \Ham"mock\ (h[a^]m"m[o^]k), n. [A word of Indian origin: cf. Sp. hamaca. Columbus, in the Narrative of his first voyage, says: "A great many Indians in canoes came to the ship to-day for the purpose of bartering their cotton, and hamacas, or nets, in which they sleep."] 1. A swinging couch or bed, usually made of netting or canvas about six feet long and three feet wide, suspended by clews or cords at the ends. [1913 Webster] 2. A piece of land thickly wooded, and usually covered with bushes and vines. Used also adjectively; as, hammock land. [Southern U. S.] --Bartlett. [1913 Webster] Hammock nettings (Naut.), formerly, nets for stowing hammocks; now, more often, wooden boxes or a trough on the rail, used for that purpose. Hamose
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

hammock n 1: a small natural hill [syn: knoll, mound, hillock, hummock, hammock] 2: a hanging bed of canvas or rope netting (usually suspended between two trees); swings easily [syn: hammock, sack]