hammock

Speech parts

1. hammock - Noun

2. hammock - Verb

3. Hammock - Proper noun

Meaning

A swinging couch or bed, usually made of netting or canvas about six feet wide, suspended by clews or cords at the ends.

A piece of land thickly wooded, and usually covered with bushes and vines. Used also adjectively; as, hammock land.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

knoll mound sack hillock hummock wharf quay anchorage cumulus sling seesaw chemise port bed firing
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Antonyms

valley basin meadow work service attack
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Hypernyms

hill bed

Hyponyms

anthill molehill formicary kopje koppie

Phrases with the word

hammock viper's tail

Examples

For years I've nursed a secret desire to spend the Fourth of July in a double hammock with a swingin' redheaded broad. But I could never find me a double hammock. Frank Sinatra

Kissing Simon was pleasant. It was a gentle sort of pleasant, like lying in a hammock on a summer day with a book and a glass of lemonade. Cassandra Clare

The world of the future will be an even more demanding struggle against the limitations of our intelligence, not a comfortable hammock in which we can lie down to be waited upon by our robot slaves. Norbert Wiener

I've never understood activity holidays since we seem to have far too much activity in our daily lives as it is. Find a culture where loafing is the order of the day and where they don't understand our need to be constantly doing things. Find somewhere you can have a hammock holiday. Tom Hodgkinson

I like to sit in my backyard. I go out on the hammock and sit in silence and kind of meditate. Nature is calming, and it's nice to go out there and clear my head. Devon Werkheiser

I fell out of the hammock while I was sleeping. (Arik) On your head? (Geary) Apparently. Good thing it's hard, huh? (Arik) Sherrilyn Kenyon

Close letter words and terms

Hamming distance Hammitt hammochrysos hammock netting hammock viper's tail hammocked