HAMMOCK
\hˈamək], \hˈamək], \h_ˈa_m_ə_k]\
Definitions of HAMMOCK
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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a small natural hill
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a hanging bed of canvas or rope netting (usually suspended between two trees); swing easily
By Princeton University
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a small natural hill
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a hanging bed of canvas or rope netting (usually suspended between two trees); swing easily
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A piece of land thickly wooded, and usually covered with bushes and vines. Used also adjectively; as, hammock land.
By Oddity Software
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A piece of land thickly wooded, and usually covered with bushes and vines. Used also adjectively; as, hammock land.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. [Spanish] A kind of hanging bed, consisting of a piece of canvas about six feet long and three wide, gathered at the ends, and suspended by cords from hooks fixed in the beams of a vessel. In camping, the hammock is hung between two trees or posts.
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